Re below, there are a couple of errors in the counts.
For Veerman, P., only 5 entries have references sourced from Canberra Bird Notes.
For Lenz, M., only 13 entries have references sourced from Canberra Bird Notes articles.
Steve
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Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2026 1:53 PM
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Subject: [Canberrabirds] Over 20, 000 users of HANZAB and importance of Canberra Bird Notes to HANZAB
In the recent release of HANZAB (released 19 Jan 2026), the January 2026 news item states that the online version of HANZAB has clocked up over 20,000 users of since its release. This shows a high level of interest in the online publication
and I do hope people are finding it useful.
One of the things the online version of HANZAB enables is the ability to search for publications mentioned in the entries. This can be used to assess the contribution of these publications to HANZAB. For instance, a search for “Canberra
Bird Notes” shows that it is referenced in 172 HANZAB entries. I am sure Canberra Bird Notes will continue to be an important source of information as the HANZAB entries are revised.
The same approach can be used to find authors of articles1. For instance, a search for “Veerman, P.” returns 74 entries with 39 of these sourcing the information from Canberra Bird Notes (search for ‘"Veerman, P." "Canberra Bird
Notes"’). A search for “Dabb, G.” returns 11 entries, all from Canberra Bird Notes, and a search for “Lenz, M.” returns 47 entries with 33 of these from Canberra Bird Notes.
One of the well know local banding sites, New Chums Rd, is mentioned by name in four entries.
There are many other subjects that can found using HANZAB search and I encourage people to try it.
Cheers
Steve
1Note that HANZAB sometimes abbreviates references by not including the names of all authors, so some of the searches may miss some articles for these authors.
