John may have a point about the impacts of Birding-aus. But we must remember
that Birding-aus correspondence is archived and is thus in the public
domain. Therefore, in a sense, observations recorded on Birding-aus are
publications, albeit unrefereed and harder to sift through for relevant
material.
The unrefereed nature of Birding-aus does not worry me. As we are all aware,
there are enough critics who subscribe to Birding-aus who are ready to jump
on someone who has made an incorrect observation or interpretation.
Stephen Ambrose,
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of John Leonard
Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:51 AM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: re: The decline of ornithological
publications(was: rant against twitching)
I wonder if Birding-aus is itself to blame?
Since 1995 (correct that date if necessary) Australian birders who
observe previously unnoticed behaviour have been able to fire away an
e-mail to birding-aus saying: "Yesterday I saw a such and such doing
this and that, has anyone observed this before?"
This may have then allowed people to forget about the observation and
not follow it up and write it up more fully as they used to.
John Leonard
ps I'm not recommending the immediate suspension of birding-aus :-)
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