A useful topic, that probably needs to be discussed annually for new
subscribers to birding-aus.
I would love birding-aus to be for the mega rarities, and as Dave
Torr suggests use the Birdlines for the local rarities. This is the
case with the WA sightings. If someone emailed me a very unusual
sighting for WA, I would forward the details to birding-aus and to
the birdswa email list (and put it on the Sightings web site). Alan
Collins now looks after the Sightings web site, and I think that he
would also do this, although as far as I can remember, all the major
WA / Cocos / Christmas / Ashmore rarities have been posted to
birding-aus by the observers, so there was no need for Alan to do it.
As others have commented, it is easier just to look through the
birding-aus archives, than it is to check four or five Birdlines.
I am looking to come to Melbourne in a week or so to look for the
Stilt Sandpiper, and so I would prefer that the sightings continued
on birding-aus, but I do have a link to the Birdline just in case. I
would also like failed attempts to find the bird to be reported,
because of course it may move on, especially with all the rain around.
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Frank O'Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au
Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email :
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