Fw: Northside Satin Bowerbird

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Julian has asked some big questions and we don't know all the answers. So as not to be repetitive to everyone else, I am letting anyone interested know that I have answered him privately. The reasons for increasing presence locally of each of the species he mentions are quite different. There is a lot of useful information on the history of local birds in the book: Wilson, S. 1999, Birds of the ACT: two centuries of change, and for the regional context Taylor, M. & Canberra Ornithologists Group 1992, Birds of the ACT: an Atlas.

 

There are any number of books on the subject and people more skilled in bird photography than me, to give advice. I am not familiar with http://www.birdata.com.au/map_top.html. He is right to see the difference between recording rate and abundance. Most books overlook this, my book covers this in great detail and all the data are built around abundance rather than recording rate.

 

Philip