Hi all
I’m at present working my way through the new guide (Thomas, Thomas, Andrew & McBride) and will post a full review in a few days. It is certainly a major step forward from the first edition.
Regards
Russell Woodford Birding-Aus List Owner http://www.birding-aus.org
On Tue, March 22, 2011 8:50 am, Paul Walbridge wrote: > Hi All, I was just sent an excerpt of Thomas & Thomas 2nd edition re; > Southport Pelagics. I don’t know who did the research but it’s obvious I > was not consulted, it has several inaccuracies. > > 1. We stopped using the Sea World Research & Rescue vessel in 2000. > 2. There have been 78 species of seabird recorded outside the Seaway since > 1995 not 62. > 3. Tahiti Petrel has been recorded in every month and more often than not > approach the vessel. > 4. Some of the key species mentioned for Wollongong are actually seen in > greater numbers off Southport eg. Providence Petrel Apr-Oct. There have > been 6 South Polar Skua sightings off Southport, 2 of those were sent to > BARC and accepted a 3rd is pending. > > I’ve actually mentioned on Birding-aus that Tahiti Petrel has occurred in > every month and also the number of species recorded. > > Still, it was good to get a mention in the book and it was a great > improvement on the original section, at least my new home phone number is > correct. > > Cheers – Paul W and it is okay to use my work number (07) 3139 4584 and my > e-mail. > > ******************************************************************************** > This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not > waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended > recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. > Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of > this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this > email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a > statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. > If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this > email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by > telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You > should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system > network and destroy any hard copies produced. > If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute > or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, > modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also > prohibited. > Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email > does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept > responsibility for the consequences if any person’s computer inadvertently > suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is > infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may > occur as a consequence of receiving this email. > Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the > sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. > ********************************************************************************** > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > >
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