The most ridiculous missing eBird entry
I will not be discussing individual, local eBird filters lacking the "dabbling-duck sp." entry, either having a zero limit or missing entirely, thus forcing one to "document" those distant ducks mired in shimmer in late August. No, these missing entries are much more egregious because they don't exist in the system at all! Warning: This post gets into the minutiae of Red-tailed Hawk subspecies and the relevant eBird filter options. The Red-tailed Hawk eBird entry options relevant to Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico are listed below (in alphabetical order), with the brackets providing the accepted English names of those subspecies (or subspecies pair). Red-tailed Hawk ( abieticola ) [Northern] Red-tailed Hawk ( borealis ) [Eastern] Red-tailed Hawk ( calurus/abieticola ) [Western/Northern] Red-tailed Hawk ( calurus/alascensis ) [Western/Alaskan] Red-tailed Hawk ( fuertesi ) [Fuertes's] Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) Red-tailed Hawk ( krideri ) [K...