place.birds.sighting
{
"$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
"defs": {
"location": {
"properties": {
"latitude": {
"description": "Decimal degrees, as a string to avoid float drift. Deliberately coarse: clients should write no more than 3 decimal places (~110m). These records are public and permanent, and a bird sighting does not need a precise fix.",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
},
"longitude": {
"description": "Decimal degrees, as a string. Same precision limit as latitude.",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "Free-text place name.",
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"type": "object"
},
"main": {
"description": "A bird sighting logged by the observer, stored in their own repository. Honor system: `species` is what the observer believes they saw, not a verified determination.",
"key": "tid",
"record": {
"properties": {
"count": {
"description": "How many individuals.",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"createdAt": {
"format": "datetime",
"type": "string"
},
"location": {
"ref": "#location",
"type": "ref"
},
"media": {
"items": {
"ref": "#media",
"type": "ref"
},
"maxLength": 4,
"type": "array"
},
"notes": {
"maxGraphemes": 600,
"maxLength": 3000,
"type": "string"
},
"observedAt": {
"description": "When the bird was seen. Distinct from createdAt so a sighting can be logged later.",
"format": "datetime",
"type": "string"
},
"species": {
"description": "Common name as the observer said it. Free text on purpose — always present, even when no code was resolved.",
"maxGraphemes": 160,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"speciesCode": {
"description": "The observer's asserted identification as a stable eBird/Clements taxon code (e.g. `norcar`). Present when they picked from the list; absent when they just typed something. May be a `spuh` or `slash` code when the identification is honestly partial.",
"maxLength": 32,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"species",
"observedAt",
"createdAt"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "record"
},
"media": {
"properties": {
"alt": {
"maxLength": 2000,
"type": "string"
},
"blob": {
"accept": [
"image/*",
"audio/*",
"video/*"
],
"maxSize": 100000000,
"type": "blob"
}
},
"required": [
"blob"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"id": "place.birds.sighting",
"lexicon": 1
}
Metadata
- DID
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did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy - CID
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bafyreib4m3zlmevpcgub4f3b7icrsz4kfh3wkl2nkv3sgro7ijus6cgxcu - Indexed At
- 2026-07-27 17:07 UTC
- AT-URI
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at://did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy/com.atproto.lexicon.schema/place.birds.sighting
Version History (4 versions)
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