For the same reason that the Cardinal is still running two years behind, I suspect. Volunteers are involved. Cheers, Bob On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:12 PM, John Herman <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Can someone explain to me why it takes the ebird reviewer one year + > to review a submitted record? I could see, on rare occasions, where a > record needs to be submitted to experts for their input. But a Richland > County record of a March 2013 Brewer's blackbird, submitted by someone > other than myself, still remains to be decided upon. No phorto.s were taken > of the Brewer's and the reviewer had all the documentation soon after the > sighting. So what can be added to this record, seen by one person, than > what is already known? A very late May 2013 red-throated loon record still > remains undecided on. > Maybe ebird needs to consider changing their review process, possibly > adding another person to share the load. > Good birding, > J. P. Herman > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]