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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.

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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/

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