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g'Day All,
This a confession of a sin.
I have been guilty of marking the wrong bird on my
Atlas Forms which in turn were queried by Rory Poulter at
BA.
(I presumed that BA have a computer check that
compares new records for a 1 degree block against the "old" Atlas)
e.g. Noisy Miner instead of Yellow-throated M
Pied Currawong for
Pied Butcherbird
Red-browed
Treecreeper for Black-tailed T/c
Marion Crouther, my regional organiser picked up a couple
more Atlas Form entry boo-boo's before they got to BA.
After reading the earlier correspondence on Birding-Aus re
identification of Forest Kingfishers, I asked Rory to delete a record of
mine. It 'coulda' been, as it was different to a definite Sacred
K/if nearby....but I cannot remember noting the white wing patches in
flight.
My errors have knocked my ego (and perhaps credibility) down a
notch or two.
Now that the records are available on the web, we (with PC's
and Mac's) can check our specialist 1 deg blocks, and highlight any
possible anomalies that may have slipped through. I note several new birds recorded in my area are very
similiar to regulars but "could be" as they are only slightly outside their
known territory. Only time will tell if those records are
correct ?
I wish to publicly thank all the people who are
involved sorting and checking the heaps of info that is flooding in.
Regards,
Bob Forsyth
Mount Isa, NW Qld.
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