I believe not. The point that I made, though that might be received after your message is that Citizen Science involves many people working together, on a particular
project, not the observations of one. There is no shortage of history of the observations of one.
Philip
From: John Harris [
Sent: Sunday, 24 February, 2019 5:22 PM
To: chatline Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] citizen scientists
Citizen Science?
Regarding King Solomon, about 1,000 BCE
“And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the weed that groweth in the crevice in the wall. He spake also of beasts and of fowl and of creeping things and of fishes.” (1 Kings 4:33)
Does a king qualify as a citizen?
From: ""
Date: Sunday, 24 February 2019 at 2:49 pm
To: Sue Beatty <>
Cc: "" <>, Geoffrey Dabb <>, chatline <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Some good news for Eastern Curlews?
I hope the rest of the article is more correct than this "Professor Justin Marshall, the chief investigator at Coral Watch, said birdwatching was
the oldest form of citizen science, originating in the United States."
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The Natural History of Selborne is a book by English naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert
White. It was first published in 1789.
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John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851). so unless Audubon
was shotting at the age of 4 he was well behind Gilbert White
Perhaps he is on about the Christmas Bird Count which started in 1900? Nice try no cigar: the RSPB was founded in 1889!
Googling the Professor's name he seems to be, surprisingly in view of that statement, of British birth arther than from the US.
