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was (no subject) now eremaea v birding-aus

To: Alastair Smith <>
Subject: was (no subject) now eremaea v birding-aus
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:58:58 +1100
In general the state birdlines (Eremaea runs them for all states - there is
also one called Birdpedia in SA) are used for local (not just Melb)
sightings and BirdingAus is more of a discussion group (usually related to
birds!) and for national rarities. The lines do get blurred and always worth
looking at both. It is unfortunate but inevitable I guess - and we also have
I think birdo now as yet another place to look. Would be nice to have sites
for reporting sightings and a discussion group that did not include
sightings in my view, but I can't see that happening at any time in the
foreseeable future - we just have to live with multiple sites - which is
better than no sites at all!
I think sometimes the people who run these sites pick up on interesting
stuff in the other forum and re-post it, but you can't rely on that!

On 15 January 2011 12:38, Alastair Smith <> wrote:

> David,
> I wonder whether this is true for non-Melbourne birders and does this mean
> that us interstate birding-aus 'traditionalists' need to visit two
> websites. I see that my email has been duplicated (and corrected where
> necessary) on Eremaea.
>
> I think this topic may have been discussed previously on birding-aus so I
> don't want to rehash, but are you saying that eremaea is the primary site
> for Melbourne/Vic birding as the discussion forum canberrabirds is for us
> in the ACT? Certainly I was not aware of this and I restricted my research
> to birding-aus before coming to WTP.
>
> Whatsmore, on finding the bird we were advised by Melbourne birders, we
> met and conversed with, to post the finding to birding-aus. No mention was
> made of eremaea.
>
> Regards
>
> Alastair
>
> On 15/01/11 10:24 AM, "Dave Torr" <> wrote:
>
> >Most people post on
> >
> http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=1&BirdlineSho
> >wHighlights=0so
> >that is probably the place to look
> >
> >On 15 January 2011 10:01, Fiona Anderson <> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Good Morning birders,
> >>
> >> Three of us hope to go to WTP on Monday in the hope of sighting the
> >>stilt
> >> sandpiper so any help with its location over the weekend would be really
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Fiona Anderson
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