This is a continuation of a thread in the ID forum.  @AlexHenry suggested that the sparrow, which @Aidan B had photographed without realizing it was there, shouldn't be reported on eBird. @DLecy suggested that this forum would be a better place for the discussion, since it wasn't about an ID question. I asked on Facebook (which I've been on for years, @Charlie Spencer ?) and got twenty-some replies.  The large majority said the same things that were said here: Yes, count it, the bird was pr