Twitchathon results

Philip wrote "Am
I missing something?"

Answer YES!

It was a race and good fun, as indicated
by Mark's comments.
I recommend you participate, it was
great to get out to some new birding spots and raise some money for a good
cause.

cheers 
Richard

"Philip Veerman" <>

03/11/2006 04:54 PM

To	"Mark Clayton" <>, <>
cc
Subject	[canberrabirds] Twitchathon results

Just a curious comment. Mark notes at the
end: "Thanks to all those who gave us directions to various species.
We may not have been able to use them at the time but there were one or
two other not quite so serious teams in the race who did (we forgot we
were using an open chat line …. Oooppps!)."
 
I could be wrong but that suggests to me
that Mark is regretting the possibility that other teams may have been
in a position to get more species due to information offered to his team.
I assume Mark's team and the other teams are each using it as a fund raiser
for birds. Am I missing something? Is it the case with the more species
each team finds, the more funds come in? Then isn't it best if each team's
total is as high as reasonably possible. Therefore I would have thought
it is best if such information is shared. As in what is the benefit (for
the birds) of other teams getting a lower score?

Philip