No submissions from Darwin, Broome or the bulk of the outback for the Great Backyard Bird Count

[Laurie Knight <>]

So far about 31,000 checklists have been submitted today.  (I put in  
two for my neighbourhood).  If you look at the map (http://ebird.org/ebird/gbbc/livesubs?siteLanguage=en 
 ), you can see the checklists being submitted in real time -  
obviously a lot coming in from the USA.  There is fairly good coverage  
of NZ and southern India, but outback Aus observations are few and far  
between.
The number of species reported is currently 2713, so they are a fair  
bit behind last year's total of 4258 species.  I suspect there are  
over 200 Australian species that could easily be added to the list by  
people who have been out this weekend (any pelagics?)
The one question I have is why did the Audubon society choose February  
(the depths of winter in the northern hemisphere) for its annual  
birdcount?  Perhaps they were hoping for strong participation rates  
from southern observers?
Regards, Laurie.


On 13/02/2014, at 6:19 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:

> The Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14-17.  According to the  
> following article, birders in 100 countries will be participating ...
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/11/global-backyard-bird-count/5233847/
>
> The deal is that participants do 15+ min bird list for a geographic  
> location and load their sightings on  www.birdcount.org
> Regards, Laurie.
>
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