Re: 1924-34 Birdlist from Wentworthville, I would interpret Ern writing "there
were no records for the County prior to the
1940s" as REALLY meaning that there were no records THAT HE KNEW ABOUT.
Whilst he has certainly done an extraordinary effort in compiling bird records,
it still doesn't mean that he has 100% of
every bird record ever made. Just the same as Birds Australia doesn't have
100% of records, nor does any other bird club,
NSW Bird Atlassers, or NSW NPWS Atlas of Wildlife.
The fact is that many people keep records but do not submit them to any
"public" or "private" database. Or if they submit
them, they might submit them to one only, and that particular database does not
share its information with other database
keepers (for a variety of reasons).
Cheers and Happy Times with Nature
Irene Denton
Concord West, 12 km from Sydney city, NSW Australia
S 33°50.278' E 151°05.406'
Newsletter Editor: NSW Bird Atlassers
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-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Andy Burton
Sent: Tuesday, 6 July 2004 9:04
To: Cas and Lisa (also Silvia, Max & Viveka) Liber
Subject: 1924-34 Birdlist from Wentworthville, a suburb of western Sydney, NSW.
Cas,
E rnie Hoskin in Birds of Sydney (1991), states: There were no records
for the County prior to the 1940s;
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