The Hungarian Ornithology Society has these collectible pins they sell for donations at various locations around Hungary. There are more than 300 species included, but the catch is, they don't tell you which pins you can find at which locations.
Today I went on a scavenger hunt and managed to find a care at the fourth try 😄 Yay!
Fun question: If I am unaffiliated and I want to do a survey of people's experiences of the eclipse from a birding perspective, what do I do to pass IRB before thinking about publication, or do I just... skip that step?
But doesn't that mean that, as an independent researcher, it's possible that my work will be unethical? Am I the only blocker to that work happening, or is the peer review process supposed to catch that or something?
@richlitt So, IRB & "ethical research" are not exactly synonyms. I'd include a description of methods in the paper, & explain how you thought about ethical considerations. If your after-event survey is unlikely to cause harm to participants who consent to being surveyed & can withdraw consent if they wish, it can be considered thoughtful & ethical research without IRB having been involved. That's how I'd look at it as a reviewer. (IRB is actually there to protect institutions more than subjects)
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@AnnaAnthro When I was a teenager, growing up in Kenya, I saw a fantastic total eclipse from the top of an inselberg in Tsavo East national park. We saw the shadow race down the side of Kilimanjaro and across the plain. And then it went dark and cold. And what bird song there had been went quiet. It was marvellously spooky.
And then it was over, the sun came out and gradually the gray light brightened up and it was all normal again.