Is there a directory/summary of Australian birding related
organisations, their focus, their publications, & how they all fit/
overlap together out there?
I thought I would have worked it all out by now via osmosis, but I
realise from this thread that I still dont have a clear picture.
Chris
Chris Charles
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On 26/02/2010, at 8:28 AM, Webmaster wrote:
Thanks for that Murray - it is our intention to publish one or two
articles
from each edition from both Australian Field Ornithology and The Bird
Observer in the hope of encouraging subscriptions. We welcome
feedback!
Dave
On 25 February 2010 20:34, Murray Lord <> wrote:
When the possible merger of Birds Australia and BOCA was being
discussed a
few weeks ago, a couple people mentioned the future of the journal
Australian Field Ornithology.
I have not been a BOCA member for many years. It was only recently I
realised that it's possible to subscribe to AFO without being a
BOCA member,
and I did so. More than any other journal in Australia, I think
AFO should
appeal to birding-aus subscribers who want to learn more, and
contribute to
knowledge of our birds. Many articles detailing records of rare
birds are
published; for instance the current issue contains articles on the
first
records for Australia of Asian Brown Flycatchers and Grey
Nightjars. Other
articles include a review article on Black necked Storks by Greg
Clancy, one
on historic grasswren records and observations on Red Goshawk
biology. A
couple of the articles are available as free samples at
http://boca.org.au/about-boca/publications/australian-field-
ornithology/current-issue
The future of AFO is in doubt, and the lack of subscribers is the
main
problem. Fewer than 10% of BOCA's members subscribe to it, and I
would
encourage more people to support it. Subscription for non members
is $32
per year. Given the decline in state based ornithological
journals in
recent years there is arguably more need than ever to support this
journal.
Hopefully if the organisations do merge, the increased membership
could
allow the journal to become more viable. There is plenty of room
for Emu,
AFO and either Wingspan or the Bird Observer. AFO does not
compete with any
of BA's current publications. And even if the merger does not go
ahead, I
would hope Birds Australia could offer subscriptions to AFO as an
option to
its members, in order to encourage its survival.
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