Not that I have seen - many partial ones. BOCA Birding Maps (
http://www.birdobservers.org.au/BirdingMaps.asp) contain links to every bird
group that we know about, but no claims it is complete!
On 26 February 2010 10:17, Chris Charles <> wrote:
> 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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