Hello, All, I am a long time stalker on this list, but have not yet contributed. I am not a twitcher by any stretch of the imagination, but have always loved all birds and pay pretty close attention to them. This list is a wonderful resource, and I must say in passing THANK YOU to Russ and all contributors for everything I have learnt from y’all.
I often wonder if a sighting would be of interest to the list or not, but have never gotten around to posting. Is it of interest to the list that there are white-browed babblers (and double-barred finches and diamond firetails) on the Gundaroo common, for example? Or that my local magpie family have developed a taste for pistachio nuts and I saw one manipulating the nut with it’s foot?
This morning I saw dozens of ibis in the field on the Eastern side of the Barton Hwy as you enter Murrumbateman from Canberra (prob. 60-100 birds in total). What caught my eye was that half of them were straw-necked ibis, which I haven’t seen in the district before. It struck me that some Canberra-ites might like to take a short drive to check ’em out.
Thanks again for this great resource, Matt Meischke, Gundaroo. ===============================
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I’d just like to clarify that outing lists can be entered into Eremaea, in the part you log into. One off interesting sightings can be submitted as a Birdline, which happens to be part of the same web site.
Occasionally people submit what look like full trip reports as Birdlines, and that’s not its purpose. I think this is why the some states’ Birdline Monday morning summaries get emailed to birding-aus later than the others – they’re so big that they get automatically held for moderation.
Peter Shute
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Hi Matt,
It is interesting to read about sightings, I think. It would also be good if you joined Eremaea which runs BirdLine (free) and started putting your lists there. You could also contribute to the Atlas. Spending the time doing this means that the information is available not only to birders, but also to councils and governments, and may be useful in helping to decide if an area should be conserved or not, for example.
I think there are quite a few of the silent readers of the forum who find behaviours interesting too.
Sonja
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