Seanbirds Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 @Colton V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 @Colton V Your Marsh Wren made it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 And more nice recordings on the list too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Sorry just saw @Seanbirds post, I was not on the last page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Kevin said: Sorry just saw @Seanbirds post, I was not on the last page. It’s OK. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Hey @Aidan B, your Yellow-billed Loon is up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 @Colton V Audio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 @Colton V Audio That's the 3rd time that recording has been posted here today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 @Connor Cochrane's Oak Titmouse recording is up right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Jefferson Shank said: @Connor Cochrane's Oak Titmouse recording is up right now. Here it is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 @RobinHood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 @Seanbirds. That was very strange. I went back to convert a mid-September "incomplete" report to a "complete" one which included adding some warblers. At the time I had posted it quickly for the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a good bird here. The Blackburnian immediately started getting ratings and kept going!! I was a bit nervous that people might think it was a recent sighting. Turned out to be one of my better eBird posts, a few decent photos. https://ebird.org/checklist/S73594261 Thanks for pointing this out as I wasn't aware of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I’ve always wondered what makes certain photos ‘go off’ in terms of ratings. I’ve seen some very good photos by people go unrated (expect by me) and then sometimes a good but not ~amazing~ photo that someone posts amasses 20+ ratings within an hour or two. Is it the person? The bird? The location? Time of day? Luck? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Luck? Probably luck, unless it's a super good photo. I never had one in the top photos yet I don't think... ????? Edited February 13, 2021 by Jefferson Shank 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP48 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The subject of ratings in general raises some questions in my mind. I've had so-so pictures rated as 5 stars (perhaps someone liked the picture, but ignored the quality), and I've seen other people's excellent photos rated quite low (no idea why that would be). But as to the sudden flurry of ratings, I was poking around on eBird a few days ago, and clicked on a quiz link. It seemed like you were expected to rate the photo you were shown. I don't know how many people use that quiz mechanism, but possibly some ratings come from there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Aaron said: The location? I think this also plays a big part of it, areas with a lot of ebirders have more people see the photo and than rate it. For example, when I check the best photos in the last 30 days for Los Angeles county, CA, the average number of rating per photograph is much higher than if I check Sacramento county, CA. Edited February 13, 2021 by Aidan B 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Well, at least we can do our part in rating each others (correctly.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 This is one of my top rated photos because 2 people decided it was 5 stars.... thanks I guess ?. Oh well! I had someone rate one of those crappy Harris’s sparrow photos I posted a while back (blurry, could barely tell what it was) 5 stars so I had to delete it. It’s fun seeing people’s names you recognize in the top photos. Whatbird seems to represent a large portion of those! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 And why is this have a five star rating????! It showed up in the eBird Top Photos of the day! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/307047761 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 @Jefferson Shank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Probably luck, unless it's a super good photo. I never had one in the top photos yet I don't think... ????? @Jefferson Shank Yay! First time that happened for me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: Yay! First time that happened for me! It was about time... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 @Connor Cochrane Your Savannah Sparrow is up too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOly Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Just to say... White-breasted Nuthatch shot 30 miles up in the Sierra de La Guna mountains of Baja Sur. Who would have thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 @Birding Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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