No offence to Simon, but having a number is one thing - having to pay
for the service will cut out the vast majority. I consider myself to
have twitching tendencies but $5 a month for something that won't be
used that often isn't something that I personally would pay for. I
suspect that this sentiment would be shared by alot of birders hence
the slow take up of the service.
I totally understand that we can't expect everything in birding to be
free and that many many people give tirelessly to the birding
community in a million different ways without perhaps a just reward.
As has been said, if people don't report anything then no system will
work - but especially one that we have to pay for.
I agree that a national number is a great idea and having it in field
guides would be fantastic. However I think for it to have a bigger
take up rate etc it would be better for it to be incorporated into
Birds Australia and therefore seen to be coming from arguably a more
authoritative voice in Australian birding. I don't know the numbers
but i would suggest alot more people are BA members than Birding-Aus
members?
(I'm no doubt in the minority here but I would also much more readily
use a web/email based service than a phone service.)
The other thing to bear in mind is that a very large number of
birdwatchers may not feel confident in reporting something rare in the
fear of getting it wrong. I thought it was excellent that Simon
recently stated he was wrong about the Stint in Cairns, but most
aren't confident enough to face that possibility, or in fact
knowledgeable enough in the first place to pick a female Northern
Pintail from a Grey Teal for example.
Just my 2c anyway :)
Cheers
David Stowe
On 26/07/2010, at 7:50 PM, Richard Baxter wrote:
Excellent, I've put it in my phone, now how do we get it in the field
guides??
Cheers
Richard
There is one already. It's at the top of http://www.bird-o.com
02 6100 4425
It's a local call anywhere in Australia. It goes to a message bank
which tells you info to leave. If we need to, we'd call people back
for clarification.
Regards
Simon
--- On Mon, 26/7/10, Simon Mustoe <> wrote:
From: Simon Mustoe <>
Subject: RARITIES PHONE NUMBER
To:
Received: Monday, 26 July, 2010, 7:57 AM
Richard,
There is one already. It's at the top of http://www.bird-o.com
02 6100 4425
It's a local call anywhere in Australia. It goes to a message bank
which tells you info to leave. If we need to, we'd call people back
for clarification.
Regards,
Simon.
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