Gail and All,
Yes, all Atlas sightings will go into your personal account. This electronic approach is fast and results in increased participation.
IMO significant issues are:
The Atlas coordinator must carefully define criteria to use the breeding codes
Local and regional training is needed; bird clubs can help this process
Entry into the regular portal with breeding codes added - many of these may never be used in the Atlas
Entry into the regular portal with no codes for a range of useful and uncommon species such as owls, thus depriving the Atlas of valuable data
Entry into the Atlas portal with no codes or the list partially coded
Entry into the Atlas portal with codes outside of safe date range, e.g., during migration
There are some other issues which involve specific codes being used incorrectly
The biggest administrative issue is Ebird running the update files (created by the state Atlas coordinator to edit incorrect or improper coding) in a timely fashion
Moreover, some owl, Raven, woodcock, and grouse regional safe dates probably need to be revised
Kurt Gaskill
Sent from my iPad
Also, if a checklist is entered on the BBA portal, does it also automatically appear in your personal My eBird account?