Just in case you missed it the first time, or are procrastinating .....
here's the field guide survey questionnaire again. The first survey in
April 1998 yielded 68 responses from about 410 Birding-Aus-ers. Now
that the subscriber base is up to about 460, I'm expecting at least 75
responses (more would be better in this case), but so far I've only
received 25.
The deadline is 31 October. Vote early (but not often!) and directly to
me rather than the list.
The early trends are interesting, and show a shift from the April 1998
results already.
Thanks -- Lawrie
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Dear Birding-Aus-ers
In the never ending search for the perfect field guide, I noticed that
my field guide survey was mentioned on the list again recently as a
source of information. When I conducted the original survey in April
last year (1998), there were about 410 subscribers on Birding-Aus and I
received 68 replies. For the details see:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/sections/docs/fguide.html
There must be at least 100 more subscribers on the list now, and a
second edition of the top selling Pizzey & Knight book has been
released. Perhaps this is the time to re-visit the survey.
Below are the questions - slightly modified from the first survey. (The
original questions are included on my web page.) If you are interested
in having your opinion counted, please reply to me directly (NOT THE
LIST) by 3 1 O C T O B E R 1 9 9 9.
* 1. Where do you live (Country, state, city)?
* 2a. How many years have you been birding?
* 2b. How many years in Australia?)
* 3. What gender & age bracket do you fit into? [M/F] [<20] [20-40]
[40-60] [>60].
* 4a. What is your favourite birding field guide for use throughout
Australia? [Flegg] [Pizzey & Doyle] [Pizzey & Knight] [Simpson &
Day] [Slater, 2 volumes] [Slater, Slater & Slater, 1 volume] [other
... specify].
* 4b. What is your favourite back-up field guide?
* 5. The reason(s) for your choice in Q4 (in 75 words or less!).
* 6. How many species of Australian birds have you seen (recorded on
your life list, if you have one)?
After the Twitchathon is out of the way, then we can all focus on the
two great questions (a. what is the most popular field guide in
Australia, and b. will Australia become a republic?). I'll attempt to
get the results up on my web site during November.
L.
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LAWRIE CONOLE
3 Gezireh Street, Pascoe Vale South
Victoria 3044 AUSTRALIA. 37°44'27"S 144°56'17"E
Phone (03) 9354 2484; Mobile (0419) 588 993
E-mail: <>
My home page: http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/
Twitchathon: http://www.users.bigpond.com/ocoineoil/sections/cdph.html
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