Bird Blitz at a glance [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of known participants	75	62	83	?
Coverage (no. of grid cells out of 165)	109 (66%)	99 (60%)	132 (80%)	?
Datasheets received	254	242	316	?
Species recorded	157	161	164	?
Most frequently recorded species (Most widely recorded species in 2005)	Crimson Rosella Yellow-faced Honeyeater Pied Currawong Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Australian Magpie	Crimson Rosella Australian Magpie Grey Fantail Red Wattlebird Striated Pardalote	Australian Magpie Pied Currawong Crimson Rosella Australian Raven Red Wattlebird	?
Number of species recorded as breeding	67 (43%)	76 (47%)	87 (53%)	?
Species most commonly recorded as breeding		Australian Magpie Pied Currawong Magpie-lark Red Wattlebird	Australian Magpie Common Starling Magpie-lark Yellow-rumped Thornbill Pied Currawong	?
Species not recorded (significant misses)	quail, spoonbills, bitterns, Musk Duck, Freckled Duck, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, owlet-nightjar, Olive Whistler, Cicadabird, Zebra Finch, Bassian Thrush	Emu, Painted Button-quail, Wonga Pigeon, Great Crested Grebe, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Australian Shelduck, Rufous Fantail, Pilotbird, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Turquoise Parrot, European Goldfinch	Blue-billed Duck, European Greenfinch, Musk Duck, Stubble Quail, button-quail, Powerful Owl (winter 2007 ANBG-resident)	?
Species not recorded 2005-2007	bitterns, owlet-nightjar, Olive Whistler, Cicadabird, Zebra Finch
Unexpected	Turquoise Parrot		Bar-tailed Godwit Red-backed Kingfisher	?

I hope that everyone participating in
the fourth annual Bird Blitz this weekend has a wonderful time.

Regards

Matthew Frawley**********************************************************************
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