Good afternoon again,
This is a plea to the finders of dead things that people
bring in for the ANWC museum here at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. PLEASE, when
putting the details on a piece of paper (in pencil or biro) give as detailed a
description as possible of where you found the specimen. What you might know as
a local name may not be something official and staff in the museum can spend a
lot of time trying to work out exactly where something was collected so
that we can give it Lat/Long co-ordinates. We have just had a case here where
the finder spelt the name (in this case a beach) wrongly. If the person had
said for example “Xyz Beach, east of
Moruya”, we would have been able to find it easily. In the case
involved here it was only because a staff member had heard of this particular
beach that we were able to track it down. The name of the collector and a phone
contact on the piece of paper so that we can call to check details if necessary
would also be useful. Giving GPS co-ordinates when you find things can also save
us a lot of time (Lat/Longs please not AMGs).
Thanks,
Mark
