MARC's Policy Regarding Collection and Use of Information

 

MARC's goal is to collect, archive and share information and analysis regarding rare birds in Massachusetts.  We seek out information from publicly available sources, such as Massbird and websites, including photo-sharing sites and blogs.  We also depend on members of the vast birding community to submit photos, sketches, videos, audio clips, field notes, analysis and other information about rare-bird observations, and indeed encourage submissions even where information about a particular record is publicly available.  

We may publish the information submitted or otherwise collected on MARC's website or in other publications, such as our Annual Report published in Bird Observer or any print or electronic publication MARC may choose to publish.  For accepted records, we credit the source of the information whenever possible.  We generally do not identify the observers of or publish evidence related to records that MARC has not accepted.  

All submissions should be made by contacting MARC Secretary Matt Garvey, who should also be contacted if you have any questions about this policy or MARC generally.  Matt can be reached by email at mattpgarvey@gmail.com or by regular mail at 137 Beaconsfield Rd. #5, Brookline, MA 02445.  

Alternatively, you may submit photos or videos directly to MARC's Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/groups/marcrarities/.