What if I make a mistake on the GBBC?
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Hey, it happens to all of us. Our fingers move faster than our brains. We space something. We make a mistake when we enter our GBBC sightings or even when identifying a bird. What do you do if you make a mistake on the GBBC?
First of all, the only way we can change the checklist you submit is to delete it or delete the report of a species on it. So, here's what you do:
1) Go ahead and submit a new checklist, but just with the count of the actual bird you saw.
2) Send an email to us (use the contact us link at the bottom of the GBBC page) asking us to delete the mistake. It is best if you can give us the following info--your submission number, your location, the email you used to submit your checklist, and what species to delete.
That's pretty much it. We'll forward your request to our regional reviewers and ask them to delete the mistake from your original checklist.
American Goldfinch counts
We have submitted our numbers to GBBC, and there is always a question as to our accuracy of goldfinch numbers. We have on any given day, 50 to 100 or more at our feeders. Our 25 lb. bucket of cracked sunflower seeds and niger seed barely lasts 2 weeks. This has been a wonderful winter for bird watching, we even saw a bald eagle fly over our home while enjoying a dip in our hot tub.
After looking all over the site, this seems to be the email to use to send corrections: pel27@cornell.edu
contact information
Is there any way we can get the direct contact email? I need to make a correction and the link tries to get me to use Microsoft passport or Outlook, neither of which I have set up.