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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 08:21:30 02/01/15
In Reply to: Re: Not Chekika, possibly not even Everglades NP posted by Carlos Sanchez
Let me attempt to give more specific directions to where I believe you saw these birds: If you drove south from the t-intersection at Richmond Drive (SW 168 Street) and SW 237 Avenue, you would reach a gate at SW 237 Avenue and SW 216 Street. You parked at the gate and walked east along SW 216 Street to the intersection with SW 232 Avenue. The location where you saw these birds is along SW 216 Street, east of this intersection. Does that sound correct, Carlos?
As a eBird reviewer, I would have a concern about your eBird submission for this location (checklist linked below). I'm going to guess that you used the "hotspot" feature to determine the location; by using this feature, the map pinpoints a location that is miles from where I believe you saw these birds! If this checklist were a birder's only source of information about this location, they would obviously never find it.
When I compile my weekly rare bird update for this BirdBoard, I try to include directions to rare birds (such as the Dickcissel you photographed) that are as specific as possible. The BirdBoard and eBird are my primary resources for this information. If adequate directions are not available, I don't include the sighting in my update.
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