Dean Potelli wrote:
> Reading over many birding-aus postings and reading old articles in
Emu and
> the Australian Bird Bander (Corella) from only a few decades ago
it has
> become a concern for me that there doesn't seem to be much scope
for people
> to publish observation-type articles on birds and their behaviour
today,
> which are incredibly useful when studying a species
[snip]
> I am familiar with only the more readily available bird journals
in
> Australia (i.e. Emu, Corella, Australian Birds) but would like
information
> on additional journals that are willing to publish
observation-type articles
> (for example I would like to write a short paper on an observation
of
> conspecific kleptoparasitism in White-Bellied Sea-Eagles, but this
style of
> paper would not be accepted by any of the aforementioned
journals).
This sounds like a perfect candidate for the new journal "Australian
Field Ornithology" - formerly known as "Australian Bird Watcher", and
published by the Bird Observers Club of Australia. See
http://www.birdobservers.org.au/Aust%20Field%20Ornithology.htm
The lack that you lament was identified and targetted very deliberately
by BOCa and the editors.
Cheers, Lawrie
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