OK,

HO KNEW?

So the phone never arrived, I asked for and was told Im getting a refund from Walmart, I ordered another phone from Amazon 2 day shipping so it should arrive Tuesday please don't let it be via Fed EX,,,can't chose the carrier you want...so if this one doesn't come then what, ebay? Most shippers use the US MAIL...which Ive had the best luck with in my lifetime. 

Then the flat tire I already pumped for today using my compressor so it's good till morning and I will have to touch it up before I head in to get it fixed.

The Over Jealous Reviewer-

So on FB there is this group called "ebird discussions",..so I brought up the notion of this reviewer who would not take no for an answer and I got a mixed bag of everything from ridiculed to being told I should not even be using ebird If I didn't want my list reviewed...That is not what I said....This is the 3rd contact from the guy about the same List...from 3 months ago...in other words MOVE ON already I have, from that list...,he is the one who keeps beating the dead horse...I already told HIM I don't have any more details, no photos, I removed the audio and I won't remove the species, so why does he keep contacting me, just mark it UNCONFIRMED If he doesn't believe me, he was not there I was, it's a heard only bird, not rare, its not a big deal but his annoying contact is a big deal..

So some people said "sounds like he won't agree to disagree." exactly my point.  Some people said "if you don't want to contribute then why are you even on ebird?" Ok, that got to me, I AM contributing...I am birding locations in the county NO ONE ELSE Is birding...if not for me, he would NOT even have his volunteer  position to make judgement with...NO birder no  means no lists OMG so that comment was insane in my book...I turn in lotttts of list, list equals data, 99.9% spot on...so that's like telling the car wash guy "you missed a spot." after he has washed 50 cars...

Some people are just plain jerks and this guy is one, just because he is a birder does not mean he is incapable of being a jerk.  And then someone brought up the question of  Should we name our home patch as HOME, I don't but its easy to figure that out...So all these reviewers have a map with directions to our HOMES...So If I suddenly disappear the reviewer should be questioned...LOL

THEN A moderator turned comments off on my question, when the whole thing turned into a fiasco...OMG SO I deleted the question...NO one answered my question. Which was Is it kosher for a reviewer to keep hounding you when you have submitted all the details you have for a particular sighting?"  One person said that is a fair question to ask and is pertinent to the group for discussion.  

One thing I was set straight on is they always use their own email so he did not have an ebird email account...so my bad on that one, how did he get past my Block?  I think I figured that out.  He had emailed me the last time about a bank swallow I had listed 18 months ago....again not rare, but he said 3 is a high count for that day and in that location...So that is when I blocked him...I have way too much real life drama on my plate to be annoyed by this guy's inquiries, just take what I have already put in details and make  your decision...just work independently for pete's sake.  

The email that came in yesterday was a reply to one he had sent me 3 months prior on that Sedge Wren, it must have been sitting in this "read pile" and he replied to it again, the entire back n forth on that Wren was in that one email, so that's the only way I know his email got past the block I put on it.

Several people agreed that a reviewer should not try to force you to change a species...especially if there is no good reason to doubt the list.  As I said IM the one establishing a record for  this location...so there is no past data to go back and compare to...every bird I report is  NEW for the location because it's a new location.  He should be doing his job which I did by looking at surrounding area data for the month of May and making an observation that yes Sedge Wren is present but  not in large numbers, I reported one, but I suspect with this being perfect habitat they did nest there...its right by the river, there is reeds and cattails, on this island in the middle of a recovered sewage pond that has fish and toads, and tadpoles, and tonssss of grasshopper.  IDEAL habitat. 

That is the reason I stick with ebird is the way you can chart things by county, by species, etc.  So In the Bar Graphs, I selected my state, my county and all the counties surrounding it, for this year for comparison.  It shows  the break down by species and by month...and the Sedge Wren was present in each of the surrounding counties not in huge numbers but noted as present in every one of those counties.in May..So surely my county, in the center of that geographical example, is not a Sedge Wren Desert, it is present and I reported it as such.  I was not able to get a photo and he poo poo'd my audio recording as not  good enough all he could hear were blackbirds, so Thats all I had! 

I didn't get any reply from ebird on my complaint and if I do or don't it really doesn't

 matter...I was pretty angry and stressed when I wrote it so now in hindsight I really don't care as long as he does not keep contacting me with the same old stuff, " Unless you provide more details or I will be forced to list your sighting as unconfirmed."
Just do it and leave me be is my answer to that. 

SO in closing on this matter, Im sure he will Not Confirm the sighting, and so the data is now wrong, it will show my county has had NO Sedge Wrens  when in reality there was. This is what I don't like about ebird the manipulation of data.   I notice this particular guy and others in his clique rarely if ever present anything more than a copy and paste description of the bird, no photo, no audio and its always confirmed by crony reviewers. 

...And the Ebay sale, 

the camera is boxed, labeled and ready to ship out tomorrow, I missed the 11 am pick up time yesterday...so I have solutions to each of my stress triggers, to bring myself back to Chi asap. NOW if it all works according to plan that will be awesome.