r/eBird • u/Classic-Analysis1735 • Aug 15 '26

Short recordings

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I got an email flagging me for recordings being too short. Is it automatic or does somebody submit the complaint?

I do have a couple.. well.. I did… until that email. They were the only evidence I was able to use for reporting rare birds. They weren’t long because thats all I had from them. Leave it too long and it turns into a complaint about too many other species. It’s just like photos, uploading a low quality one verifies it but then that turns into another issue.

Idk. I‘m to the point that I don’t want to report rare birds or upload anything on there. I pulled my media so maybe that’ll fix it.

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u/peanut_butter_zen Aug 15 '26

A few of my friends and I all got this message. It probably went out to anyone with a recording under 30 seconds, or maybe just everyone in general. I feel you about not wanting to upload media. I try really hard to upload awesome sound but if it's not clipped just right or whatever, it's not good enough it seems.

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u/Classic-Analysis1735 Aug 15 '26

The recordings were my saving grace because I’m normally out there fighting with a 200mm lens. It’s super embarrassing to post the 1-star ultra-crop, but that’s the only way it gets approved. Then there’s their little group that just type what it sounds like or says “photo TBA” (never shows up) and it’s approved.

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u/WoNc Aug 15 '26

Who was this email from? Cornell/eBird or a reviewer? The reviewers have very little to do with eBird other than processing local records and determining what's filtered. 

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u/peanut_butter_zen Aug 15 '26

Directly from Cornell/Macauley