So I went to a place called Farewell Bend State Park today along the Snake River on the Oregon/Idaho. I got photographs of a very rare (fifth record ever for the county) of a Snowy Egret, however he was on the opposite bank, meaning he was on the Idaho side. So when I add the observation, do I place…

That’s a tough one. I normally keep a GPS track of myself so my points are of where I was standing when I took the photo. But usually I’m not at a significant border like this. I would say place the bird in Idaho. You can always describe your choice in the Description part of the observation.

i would probably put the bird in Idaho and note observed from Oregon.

I would use the coordinates from where you have observed it. So others may can observe it from there too. If you start to guess the coordinates of where the species was at the time of observation many things could get wrong. So use your coordinates and note in the description the coordinates whic…

From a biological perspective it probably doesn’t make much difference since the distance is likely not great. But I would think the coordinates should correspond to where the organism is and not the observer. The observer’s location is largely irrelevant.

the problem is this. If you use the coordinates from where you observe you can turn on your gps and every thing is done. If you start to guess where the observed species was many things can go wrong, you maybe missread the map or misspoint it on the map, if it is some thing like a bird you have to…

Again, the distance between observer and subject is not likely to be that great so whatever coordinates you use probably won’t have much effect either way. If the distance is so great it makes a difference you will likely not get an identifiable photo anyway. For those who are concerned if the organ…

[image] jokkomarat: If you start to guess where the observed species was many things can go wrong, you maybe missread the map or misspoint it on the map, if it is some thing like a bird you have to estimate the distance and may you fall over an optical illusion where you think its a little bird …

Where to place observations?

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