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Twitchathon results

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:17:20 +1100

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

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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
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