Campout
A
campout at Jaurdi station (Borabbin) is planned for Sept/Oct school holidays
this year. This is a DEC reserve. Three twin rooms are available as well as
camping facilities. Excellent birding in this area. Alex and June will organise
this campout. Please inform Alex and June if you are interested in attending.
Remember if no response, nothing will happen.
Committee
A
new committee was elected at the AGM. Please feel free to contact any one of
them if you have any good ideas for next year’s planner. Would you like help
at your patch? Need help with writing up your study? Ideas on how to set up a
new study? Anything at all, just let us know and we can include it in the plan
for next year
Planner
2010
Please forward
details of events you would like to see on next years planner to Alma. Have we
been to your patch lately? Where shall we go for a campout? Social events? etc,
Let Alma know your ideas.
Eyre Bird Observatory
Volunteer Caretakers:
Eyre Bird Observatory is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to
care take the
facility. The observatory is a not for profit research, education and nature
based facility. Duties include public relations, weather reporting to Bureau of
Meteorology, cooking for overnight guests, cleaning and office duties. Being a
bird enthusiasts will be a bonus. Accommodation and food provided free of
charge.
Eyre is situated in a wilderness environment in the Great Australian
Bight.
Contact: eyrebirdobs@bigpond.com.au or check the website www.eyrebirds.org/
Cockatoo Feather DNA Study
Nicole White is carrying out the above study and would like help
from WBA members to achieve her aims, she asks that all specimens collected are
sent using the form on the left with the help of the instruction form on the
right.
Nicole says that if the optimum 3, 4 or 5 feather samples are unable to be
taken, then even one feather may be enough to produce some results.
Webmaster's Note: If the graphics below are individually
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ABBBS Data Submission
Over the past three years, the ABBBS has
developed a 'web-portal' into
the ABBBS database. The portal is divided into two parts: a non-secure public
access portal that allows the public to query coarse-scale data by species; and
a bander-only secure portal that allows registered banders to validate and
submit data to the ABBBS.
The secure portal was launched last year,
and banders are now able to register and log on to the system to look up band
issues and location codes, validate their data and submit it to the banding
office electronically. It is hoped that this new system will improve the quality
of the incoming data, as well as improve the efficiency of the banding office in
processing the enormous quantity of data that is submitted each year
There
will be instruction sheets available to banders on how to register, log on,
validate data, submit data, and use the other facilities available on the site.
The portal can be accessed at the ABBBS homepage: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/
