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Continuing, about .35 miles (or .5 miles by the roads) northwest in a straight line from the original Saturday first found at location. After the initial walk on the yellow-gate mud road I relocated the Couch’s at the roadside edge at *** 33.4440593, -81.9628294 *** about 10 feet up in a small tree at 10:29, while driving on the paved road looking for it. The bird was giving “Breeear”and single-note “Kip” calls and strongly responding to very limited playback, eventually it sang a good bit as well. Still here at 2:33, but it got out to about 33.4451277, -81.9597479 (viewed there from the end of the dirt road at about 33.4443267, -81.9613643) but then it came back to very near the paved road to about where I had first found it this morning. First confirmed Georgia record, Georgia Life Bird #401. - - - COORDINATES ARE GOOD - PROVIDING AND USING COORDINATES PRIMER Hi All, I often get asked by birders how to use exact coordinates, and providing and using exact coordinates should or could be a vital and integral part of all rare bird chasing! Far better to know how to get within 15 yards of the last reported location of a rare bird than to have to wonder and wander to try to find it around a large hotspot or huge area without any further information. Far better and more useful to be able to see the satellite photography on your phone of the exact spot and area where you are going to chase an important bird! So here’s some good general info which many or most may know, and which hopefully will inspire everyone to provide and use exact coordinates correctly and more often. Also always remember that if you are having any trouble finding, providing, and using exact coordinates help may be as near as your nearest birding buddy! ONLY TWO THINGS ARE NEEDED: 1 FIND AND PROVIDE EXACT COORDINATES for a spot to use to share in reports and chats, etc. 2 USE PROVIDED EXACT COORDINATES for a spot. TO FIND AND PROVIDE EXACT COORDINATES for a spot in a mapping website or app (one way), I’ll use Google Maps on an iPhone as an example: 1 open Google Maps. 2 make sure you’re on the Explore or map screen. 3 click on the little map layer icon, near the upper middle right of the screen, turn on the Satellite Map Type (aerial photography) as desired. 4 Zoom in to the exact spot you would like the exact coordinates for. 5 press and hold your finger on the exact spot on the screen until the red dropped pin icon appears for the spot. 6 in the bottom half of the screen you should see the exact coordinates for the spot in parentheses. 7 press and hold on the coordinates themselves until the Copy bar/menu pops up. 8 press on Copy, the exact coordinates have now been copied. 9 now just go to your eBird checklist, text file, etc, and tap or press and hold where you would like to save (paste) the exact coordinates and the Paste bar/menu should pop up, click on Paste and the exact coordinates should appear where you intended, then remove just the parentheses as desired, and save and publish your work (checklist, etc.). On other phones or computers, or map apps, the process should be very similar or virtually identical. Very easy, fun to share, and once practiced a few times a wonderful skill to have and enjoy. - - - - - - There are different coordinate formats and systems including and such as: Decimal Degrees (WGS84) Degrees, minutes, and seconds GPS UTM - - - - - - TO USE PROVIDED EXACT COORDINATES a good way is to COPY (highlight/select/copy) just the given coordinate set exactly as it is (always without any parentheses). For WGS84 coordinate examples (and each coordinate may not always have seven digits after the dot, which can be ok) the coordinates might be: 34.8664107, -84.2539147 or 34.8664107,-84.2539147 After copying now PASTE them into the Search here bar of the Google Maps website or map app, or equivalent in some other comparable website or map app, and then press or tap Search, Enter, or Go, etc. to see the results. Coordinates can also be shared incorrectly or only partially sometimes and maybe too even in other formats which can prove to work incorrectly or be incompatible in some map apps. Everyone doesn’t always share good coordinates, or correctly formatted coordinates so always check your coordinates to make sure they work properly as desired before sharing them to make sure that they indicate at the exact desired target spot, and not some other location or even in another country! A coordinate converter can also be quite useful: https://boulter.com/gps/ - - -
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