Re birding information,
Some shires, individual birders, info centres and bird clubs have
brochures, photos of local birds and other useful information on line.
Inspired by the downloadable Gippsland birding site brochures on the web
site of East Gippsland BOCA, members of Echuca and District BOCA have
placed a number of downloadable pdf brochures and bird lists on our web
site as a guide to those birders who wish to visit our region.
We have tried to provide lots of links to various other birding sites to
assist those who wish to do some birding in particular areas.
Several Birding-Aus contributors have outstanding sites which feature the
birds and good birding sites in their region.
Paul mentioned Mildura. In fact there is lots of useful info about that
area on the Sunraysia BOCA site. There is info about Chiltern on the
Friends of Chiltern site.
Providing links to one another's sites is one way of alleviating the problem.
Dave's idea is great (as his site apparently demands broadband and
equipment less antiquated than mine, I haven't checked it out)
Last year Birds Australia Southern NSW asked members to provide info about
local birding brochures so that information could be more easily accessible
to members. I wonder how the project is getting along.
Keith S.
>Hi Greg,
>
>As Dave says, Chiltern puts out a good brochure too.
>
>I think that the local brochures and local contact at information centres
>are absolutely essential. However, in most cases you need to go to the
>location to pick up a brochure. In my mind I had thought that if there was
>some way to gather all that information into one location (be it a book or a
>database) it would be beneficial. Oftentimes Ruth and I chat about where we
>should go in upcoming weekends - generally we choose a *region* because
>we've heard something about it - for example, the Chiltern area because we'd
>read about it in Sean Dooley's book; and Mildura and Hattah-Kulkyne because
>a colleague of Ruth's mentioned it. It's not much good turning up in Mildura
>and hoping to see birds, though! What we find we need is a list of sites
>within a region that are "good" spots for birding - preferably with
>potential species that can be encountered there. In recent times I tend to
>get that information by posting a request on birding-aus and then collating
>the various responses.
>
>I guess that I'm just trying to systemise the process and organise the data
>- a side-effect of working in the computer software and database business!
>
>Paul
>
>
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