I think you will see more "minor rarities" with the Birdlines but "mega"
ones with BirdingAus.
Sites such as http://www.boca.org.au/come-birding/birdline-feeds use the RSS
feeds from the various sites to get an up to date view of what is being
posted. (It already has your email on it!)
On 15 January 2011 17:10, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> Yes, well, I did qualify it by saying "possibly". It would be interesting
> to see just how many people use Eremaea vs. how many use Birding-Aus to keep
> up to date with accidentals. The one advantage that Birding-Aus has over
> Eremaea is that the sightings appear in your in-box, whereas Eremaea you
> have to go to the web site then check each Birdline to see what has popped
> up. I guess that I am not anal enough to do that, I would rather the
> "heads-ups" arrived in my in box. Not that I am likely to go haring across
> the country after a blow-in. Guess I am not kiasu enough either.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 15/01/2011, at 1:56 PM, Dave Torr wrote:
>
> I disagree with your last paragraph Carl - I think there have been more
> reports on Birdline Vic about the Stilt SP than there have been on Birding
> Aus - I may be wrong and can't be bothered to count, but unfortunately both
> get used for this purpose. As to which is the faster to appear - that
> probably depends on the moderators!
>
> I think there is also a slight confusion between Eremaea (which is a
> sightings database and intended for complete sightings at a location) and
> the Bidlines - which happen to be run on the Ermeaea site but are strictly
> for "unusual" reports.
>
> And note that if you report sightings through Eremaea then they can be
> added to the BA Atlas.
>
> On 15 January 2011 13:51, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>
>> Alastair,
>>
>> You may have the stick by the wrong end here. Eremea, you will find, if
>> you visit the site, is the main site for posting unusual sightings, by means
>> of the various Birdlines it links to. As far as I remember, Eremea has been
>> thus since its inception. Birding-Aus is more of a general news/discussion
>> group. As is stated on the Birding-Aus home page, it is "a place for
>> everyone with an interest in Australia's wild birds, their conservation and
>> behaviour". Eremaea, on their home page states that it is "a free birding
>> atlas to which anyone can contribute". As you can see, the two do have
>> different purposes.
>>
>> Birding-Aus is possibly the quickest way to give a "heads up" on rarities
>> sighted for Australian birders, and updates on where the rarity is
>> day-to-day ( or sometimes hour-to-hour) and so they appear here. For general
>> sightings, the best place to post them is on the BA Birdata database or by
>> sending in an bird atlas sheet to BA.
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/01/2011, at 12:38 PM, Alastair Smith wrote:
>>
>> David,
>> I wonder whether this is true for non-Melbourne birders and does this mean
>> that us interstate birding-aus 'traditionalists' need to visit two
>> websites. I see that my email has been duplicated (and corrected where
>> necessary) on Eremaea.
>>
>> I think this topic may have been discussed previously on birding-aus so I
>> don't want to rehash, but are you saying that eremaea is the primary site
>> for Melbourne/Vic birding as the discussion forum canberrabirds is for us
>> in the ACT? Certainly I was not aware of this and I restricted my research
>> to birding-aus before coming to WTP.
>>
>> Whatsmore, on finding the bird we were advised by Melbourne birders, we
>> met and conversed with, to post the finding to birding-aus. No mention was
>> made of eremaea.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>> On 15/01/11 10:24 AM, "Dave Torr" <> wrote:
>>
>> Most people post on
>>>
>>> http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=1&BirdlineSho
>>> wHighlights=0so
>>> that is probably the place to look
>>>
>>> On 15 January 2011 10:01, Fiona Anderson <> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good Morning birders,
>>>>
>>>> Three of us hope to go to WTP on Monday in the hope of sighting the
>>>> stilt
>>>> sandpiper so any help with its location over the weekend would be really
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Fiona Anderson
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