Posted by Robin on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
There are several different ways to search the eBird data base and some searches can produce birds or lists that were not validated by a regional editor or are awaiting review. These birds can show up on alerts, hotspot searches and recent activity searches. If you wish to know whether or not a particular bird is in the eBird public output tool (i.e., validated), do a species search using location filters; county, hotspot or state. Margie, if you're seeing the mockingbirds in an alert format, Raul's points probably apply. As he says, even searching by species may be incomplete information. Some birds may be in a reviewer's queue (reviewer may be traveling, etc.), in queue waiting for further documentation from the observer or awaiting a record committee's final review. The above is a basic overview and for more details, it's best to check the eBird website.