bristlebird & scrubbird

[Ian May <>]

Hi all

While it is understandable that some people feel it is in the interest 
of a rare bird to keep it's site information secret, with few 
exceptions, sharing actual site information can actually help protect 
many birds. Frequent visits by concerned observers provides a high level 
of practical surveillance and encourages positive public awareness 
leading more to the protection of a rare bird site than is otherwise 
possible.  A great example of this is the Forty Spotted Pardalote site 
at Kingston in Tasmania where the known sites crawl with concerned 
citizens who would report and probably drag out by their ear, anyone who 
acted in a manner that threatened the pardalotes.
Negative attitudes implying" there is a criminal behind every bush" are 
counter productive,  much more than likely to create a public backlash 
towards nature conservation.
From another angle, I have observed that some commercial bird guides 
are regular vocal critics about sharing rare bird site information.  It 
appears they feel threatened that public knowledge of rare bird sites 
diminishes the need for a service they are attempting to provide for 
money.   Fortunately the best of the Australian birding guides are not 
in this category.
Regards

Ian May

St Helens, Tasmania
currently at Price SA.
0428337956



Greg Roberts wrote:

> Mick
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> You will see in Nick's post that he offers to share site information.
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> My point is that if that happens and the site information becomes widely
> known, the widespread use of playback is pretty well inevitable.
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> Greg Roberts
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> From: Mick Roderick  
> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 4:27 PM
> To: Greg Roberts; 
> Cc: birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] bristlebird & scrubbird
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> Having seen this from Greg, and then Bob Inglis' subsequent message I have
> re-read Nick's post and cannot see any mention of call-playback being used
> and nothing but the most generic of descriptions used for sites visited. 
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> Am I missing something? 
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> Mick 
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> From: Greg Roberts <>
> To:  
> Cc: birding-aus <> 
> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 12:36 PM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] bristlebird & scrubbird
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> Nick
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> I saw your post and was a little alarmed by your offer to share site
> information in the Border Ranges.
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> I have had numerous requests for details of sites for scrubbird and
> bristlebird in this area and I don't hesitate to politely decline. Many
> years ago I found several scrubbird territories at Gloucester Tops and
> happily shared that information. These days those poor birds are harassed
> endlessly by playback.
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> The bristlebird is especially sensitive with only a handful remaining in
> northern NSW. Frankly, none of us should be using playback to see the
> species in the critically endangered south-east Queensland-north-east NSW
> population, let alone sharing site information.
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> People generally are understanding about these matters. 
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> Greg Roberts
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