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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I ran into this issue several years ago when I was doing bird surveys with Sahara Conservation Fund in Chad. The issue was more at a population level, since hunting by Saudi falconers is a well documented conservation issue throughout Sahelian Africa, but it is more remote and they can’t just dash out there. I was concerned about it, so I ended up using fairly generic locations and not documenting numbers. I did contact eBird at that time, and brought up the issue with them, but obviously nothing has happened, even where the risk is extreme. I’ve not been able to get much response on other data issues in the region, and I think that whole area of the world is just a low priority, and there’s no one locally to work with. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Grettenberger</p><p class=MsoNormal>Olympia, WA</p><p class=MsoNormal>grettenbergerj@gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:rwlawson5593@outlook.com">Rachel Lawson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, May 25, 2022 7:15 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">Tweeters</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Tweeters] Bad use of eBird</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I just got back from a tour during which we saw a single bustard of a species that is vulnerable to extinction. Our guide told us not to report this individual on eBird because Saudi Arabian falconers read the reports and, within days, will arrive and kill it. What a terrible use of an otherwise excellent resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Rachel Lawson<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>rwlawson5593@outlook.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>