:-)
Hi All,
Not sure if you are aware but next weekend is the Great Global Bird Count
(please see http://www.birdforum.net....you might have to subscribe to view,
and go to the members noticeboard to pre-register)
It's all for fun (but on foot.....die-hard twitchers take note!)
Tom
Great Global Bird Count: Rules and Registration
GREAT GLOBAL BIRD COUNT:
RULES AND REGISTRATION
1. The Great Global Bird Count (GGBC) is open to any registered Birdforum.net
member. All members of all abilities are encouraged to participate in an
attempt to have the most globally wide-spread bird count ever conducted.
Non-members of all abilities are welcome to participate and are invited to
join the world’s greatest and friendliest forum about birds and birding.
No fee is charged to register or to participate in the GGBC.
2. Participants are encouraged but not required to pre-register by
replying to this post and listing name (screen names only may be used) and
planned survey location/s. Participants may choose to survey any site of
their choosing, either public or private. Participants may survey feeders
in a private location (such as garden/yard feeders), or may choose to survey
while walking or bicycling.
Examples:
Beverlybaynes, Chain O’Lakes State Park, Noble County, Indiana, USA
Birdman, Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve, East Yorkshire, UK
Frenchbird, Champs d’Elysee, Paris, France
3. Birdforum members may conduct the survey individually, or may form
teams with other members. Teams should submit only one report per team, as
individual reports from teams would result in duplicate reports. Teams may
include non-Birdforum members. Large teams of six or more may wish to split
into two or more teams to maximize coverage of a survey location, or to cover
additional locations.
4. Participants are expected to conduct the survey in a common-sense,
ethical manner; trespassing on private or posted property, or causing any
stress to birds in order to see them (and thereby increase the number of species
seen) is strongly discouraged.
5. “Car birding”, other than driving to and from a location, is not
encouraged, in an effort to promote conservation of energy.
6. As the object of the GGBC is to note the number of species seen globally
in a single specified time period, noting the number of individuals within
a species is not required.
7. The GGBC shall cover a four-day period, beginning at midnight on
Friday morning, May 2, 2003, and concluding at midnight on Monday night, May
5, 2003, LOCAL TIME. Participants may conduct the survey at any time of
their choosing within those limits.
8. The length of time spent on the GGBC survey is a personal choice;
it is recommended that at least two continuous hours be spent on the survey
site. More than one site may be surveyed; please note approximately length
of time spent at each location.
9. The deadline for submission is Saturday, May 10, 2003, 11:59 p.m.
LOCAL TIME.
10. Participants are asked to submit their reports in the following
manner:
A. Date of survey.
B. Specific location, and estimated amount of time spend there.
C. List of species seen, using whenever possible the generally
accepted common name of each species.
D. Total number of species seen
E. Name and email address of participant submitting report
(also include a team name if a team has done the survey, and the number of
team members).
11. Submit your report as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file to: with
“Great Global Bird Count” in the subject line by the deadline noted above.
13. Participants who cannot create a CSV file, but have reports to submit,
are asked to submit their reports to: with
“Great Global Bird Count” in the subject line by the deadline noted above.
14. If you should be submitting your report in a language other than
English, please be prepared to add scientific names to your list in order
to aid in the clarification of common species names. Please indicate that
you will be submitting your report in another language in your pre-registration
reply to this post.
15. Please post your questions and comments about the GGBC in the thread
labeled “GGBC Questions and Comments”. Please reserve this post for pre-registration.
16. HAVE FUN!!
__________________
beverlybaynes
Last edited by Beverlybaynes
on Monday 7th April 2003 at 01:53
--
Tom & Marie Tarrant
Lot 10 (137) Watson Rd
Samsonvale, Queensland 4520
Australia
Tel: (07) 3425 1780 (H)
Mob: 0409 264 725
Email: m("hotkey.net.au","aviceda");">
URL: http://www.aviceda.org/
|
