There appears to be a tradition both in Europe and USA of doing annual Northern Hemisphere bird counts in (the middle of) winter or as a christmas day count. And publishing these results. It perplexes me too as to why they do that then. Maybe because it is easier without all the (more difficult to … Read more
I am the author of I believe the most comprehensive account of an urban bird population study in Australia, for Canberra (that also lists literature available at the time from other cities), so that is a basis for writing something. I am a little lost at the suggestion here of including pelagic species in a … Read more
G’day all, I’m hoping that someone on this list might have a contact for Tim Wethers regarding this great discovery. Cheers, Chris Watson — *BIRDS CENTRAL AUSTRALIA* *Central Australian birding resource* *Guiding, tips, and site information **from Alice Springs* www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com *Mob – 0419 358 942* _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe … Read more
I’ve just had a look at the national totals of species observed – http://ebird.org/ebird/gbbc/places?yr=all&m= The United States has the most species – 578 on the back of 34,000 lists India is second with 434 species from just 893 lists Australia is third with 430 species from only 396 lists. If we can get lists in … Read more
So far about 31,000 checklists have been submitted today. (I put in two for my neighbourhood). If you look at the map (http://ebird.org/ebird/gbbc/livesubs?siteLanguage=en ), you can see the checklists being submitted in real time – obviously a lot coming in from the USA. There is fairly good coverage of NZ and southern India, but outback … Read more