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Birding economics

To: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <>
Subject: Birding economics
From: Alan McBride <>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:06:23 +1000
Keith et al,

These would be great figures and the document for all of us to send to councils for birding activities, opening of Sewage Ponds, etc.

Simply search Google (or whatever) for articles on this story and send off to all (non)-interested parties:-)

Glad it helps.

Alan



On 20/07/2009, at 14:59 , Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge wrote:

Thanks for those links Alan. We are trying to convince the local
tourist authorities of the value of birdwatching so these articles are great!

Cheers,

Lindsay & Keith,

  Keith & Lindsay Fisher
  Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
  RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road
  Julatten QLD 4871
  Ph : (07) 4094 1263
  Fax : (07) 4094 1466
  Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au
  Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/


Alan McBride wrote:
Amazing numbers: can't imagine what Britain's numbers are like:-)

May be just useful too to fight the "gun lobby"!

http://tinyurl.com/kj5eno


BIRDWATCHERS: THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines 1 in 5 Americans are
birdwatchers

Look to your left. Look to your right. Now prepare yourself, because there's a solid chance that one of those people is—gasp—a
birdwatcher! According to a study conducted by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1 in 5 Americans participates in birdwatching.
That's 20 percent of the population, or about 48 million people.

Which is shocking, because I've never met even one birdwatcher in my life. By here they exist, a silent but powerful lobby with the cash to push their avian agenda into the mainstream: The USFWS reports that birdwatchers contribute over $36 billion (billion!) to the U.S. economy. They're not going anywhere, either—the birdwatching
percentage of the population has remained steady over the last ten
years, despite the introduction of multiple alternatives to
birdwatching.



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