Hi all,
Thanks to David for your question about our website. To clear things up for
everyone - currently all advertising on Bird-O goes back into the site to cover
running costs and development of features. Neither Simon or I have seen a cent
from the site to date and don't expect to any time soon. We are running Bird-O
because we love birds and birdwatching and see a great need for good quality,
easily accessible information for birdwatchers of all skill levels in Australia.
I see the ability for birders to put up great photos like Jen's with an
interesting story attached as being of broad interest to the birding community.
While we seek articles from specific authors or on specific topics from time
to time, often it is spontaneous events like this that capture people's
interest the most. Major kudos to Jen for not just publishing the photo but
also wanting to get the story behind it out there.
On another related note - I am surprised by the idea that commercial websites
online are considered a bad thing. Personally I do my banking and a good deal
of shopping online, and basically all the sites I visit on a daily basis have
advertising in some form. Even the structure behind birding-aus itself is run
by Yahoo, a massive international for-profit company akin to Google. I think if
you are avoiding free content on commercial sites you are doing yourself out of
some very interesting and informative experiences.
The articles and archives on Bird-O are free for people to read. While we
can't offer to pay people for articles or photos, we can provide a vehicle to
get your information out to over 6000 interested birders in Australia and
abroad. Anyone interested in getting something published can contact me
directly or go through the website.
Best wishes and good birding,
Chris Sanderson
Sent from my iPhone
On 21/01/2011, at 22:27, David James <> wrote:
> That is fantastic. Unfortunately for me, I don't want to go to a commercial
> web space to view the photos.
> Did you cut Jen in on the advertising revenue, or is that not part of the
> love?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> from [Chris Sanderson]
> [Permanent Link][Original]
>
>
>
>
> To:
> jenny spry <
> m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");
> >
>
> Subject:
> Re: [Birding-Aus] Royal “set-to” in Royal Park
>
> From:
> Chris Sanderson <
> m("gmail.com","chris.sanderson");
> >
>
> Date:
> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:04:07 +1000
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have put Jen's fantastic experience with the Grebes and Coots up on
> Bird-O:
> http://bird-o.com/2011/01/21/right-royal-%E2%80%9Cset-to%E2%80%9D-in-royal-park/
>
> Jen that photo is amazing!
>
> Regards,
> Chris Sanderson
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, jenny spry
> <m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> With the first afternoon of sunshine in a while I drove to the storm water
>> basin in Royal Park, Melbourne, just near home. I had seen a family of
>> Australasian Grebe there and wanted some photos of their tiger-striped
>> chicks. The Grebe were still there and also a family of Coot, also just
>> itching to have their photos taken.
>>
>>
>>
>> The two families drifted around with their young, slowly coming closer
>> together, and I imagined the chance of a photo of both families
>> harmoniously
>> feeding young in the warm afternoon sun. Suddenly though, one of the coot
>> started screaming and paddling frantically backwards, spray going
>> everywhere. Huge fish I thought, or perhaps an enormous eel no, obviously,
>> a
>> crocodile someone had dropped down a local sewer (I've read about that
>> happening!).
>>
>>
>> What it actually was though was an irate adult Grebe that had felt its
>> chicks were threatened. It had dived and come up under the coot and it not
>> only attacked, but chased the panicked coot from under water for some 10
>> metres or more before surfacing and attacking again, from behind and above.
>> As a friend said when she saw the image; “that is one agro bird!”
>>
>>
>>
>> I will put the image on the BOCA site tonight but right now I need to go
>> back out in the sun with a cup of tea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers all
>>
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
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>>
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>>
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>
>
>
>
> from [Chris Sanderson]
> [Permanent Link][Original]
>
>
>
>
> To:
> jenny spry <
> m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");
> >
>
> Subject:
> Re: [Birding-Aus] Royal “set-to” in Royal Park
>
> From:
> Chris Sanderson <
> m("gmail.com","chris.sanderson");
> >
>
> Date:
> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:04:07 +1000
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have put Jen's fantastic experience with the Grebes and Coots up on
> Bird-O:
> http://bird-o.com/2011/01/21/right-royal-%E2%80%9Cset-to%E2%80%9D-in-royal-park/
>
> Jen that photo is amazing!
>
> Regards,
> Chris Sanderson
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, jenny spry
> <m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> With the first afternoon of sunshine in a while I drove to the storm water
>> basin in Royal Park, Melbourne, just near home. I had seen a family of
>> Australasian Grebe there and wanted some photos of their tiger-striped
>> chicks. The Grebe were still there and also a family of Coot, also just
>> itching to have their photos taken.
>>
>>
>>
>> The two families drifted around with their young, slowly coming closer
>> together, and I imagined the chance of a photo of both families
>> harmoniously
>> feeding young in the warm afternoon sun. Suddenly though, one of the coot
>> started screaming and paddling frantically backwards, spray going
>> everywhere. Huge fish I thought, or perhaps an enormous eel no, obviously,
>> a
>> crocodile someone had dropped down a local sewer (I've read about that
>> happening!).
>>
>>
>> What it actually was though was an irate adult Grebe that had felt its
>> chicks were threatened. It had dived and come up under the coot and it not
>> only attacked, but chased the panicked coot from under water for some 10
>> metres or more before surfacing and attacking again, from behind and above.
>> As a friend said when she saw the image; “that is one agro bird!”
>>
>>
>>
>> I will put the image on the BOCA site tonight but right now I need to go
>> back out in the sun with a cup of tea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers all
>>
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to:
>> m("vicnet.net.au","birding-aus-request");
>>
>> http://birding-aus.org
>>
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>
>
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Sent from my iPhone
On 21/01/2011, at 22:27, David James <> wrote:
> That is fantastic. Unfortunately for me, I don't want to go to a commercial
> web space to view the photos.
> Did you cut Jen in on the advertising revenue, or is that not part of the
> love?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> from [Chris Sanderson]
> [Permanent Link][Original]
>
>
>
>
> To:
> jenny spry <
> m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");
> >
>
> Subject:
> Re: [Birding-Aus] Royal “set-to” in Royal Park
>
> From:
> Chris Sanderson <
> m("gmail.com","chris.sanderson");
> >
>
> Date:
> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:04:07 +1000
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have put Jen's fantastic experience with the Grebes and Coots up on
> Bird-O:
> http://bird-o.com/2011/01/21/right-royal-%E2%80%9Cset-to%E2%80%9D-in-royal-park/
>
> Jen that photo is amazing!
>
> Regards,
> Chris Sanderson
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, jenny spry
> <m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> With the first afternoon of sunshine in a while I drove to the storm water
>> basin in Royal Park, Melbourne, just near home. I had seen a family of
>> Australasian Grebe there and wanted some photos of their tiger-striped
>> chicks. The Grebe were still there and also a family of Coot, also just
>> itching to have their photos taken.
>>
>>
>>
>> The two families drifted around with their young, slowly coming closer
>> together, and I imagined the chance of a photo of both families
>> harmoniously
>> feeding young in the warm afternoon sun. Suddenly though, one of the coot
>> started screaming and paddling frantically backwards, spray going
>> everywhere. Huge fish I thought, or perhaps an enormous eel no, obviously,
>> a
>> crocodile someone had dropped down a local sewer (I've read about that
>> happening!).
>>
>>
>> What it actually was though was an irate adult Grebe that had felt its
>> chicks were threatened. It had dived and come up under the coot and it not
>> only attacked, but chased the panicked coot from under water for some 10
>> metres or more before surfacing and attacking again, from behind and above.
>> As a friend said when she saw the image; “that is one agro bird!”
>>
>>
>>
>> I will put the image on the BOCA site tonight but right now I need to go
>> back out in the sun with a cup of tea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers all
>>
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to:
>> m("vicnet.net.au","birding-aus-request");
>>
>> http://birding-aus.org
>>
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> send the message:
> unsubscribe
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>
> http://birding-aus.org
>
>
>
>
> from [Chris Sanderson]
> [Permanent Link][Original]
>
>
>
>
> To:
> jenny spry <
> m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");
> >
>
> Subject:
> Re: [Birding-Aus] Royal “set-to” in Royal Park
>
> From:
> Chris Sanderson <
> m("gmail.com","chris.sanderson");
> >
>
> Date:
> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:04:07 +1000
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have put Jen's fantastic experience with the Grebes and Coots up on
> Bird-O:
> http://bird-o.com/2011/01/21/right-royal-%E2%80%9Cset-to%E2%80%9D-in-royal-park/
>
> Jen that photo is amazing!
>
> Regards,
> Chris Sanderson
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, jenny spry
> <m("gmail.com","malurus.jenny");> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> With the first afternoon of sunshine in a while I drove to the storm water
>> basin in Royal Park, Melbourne, just near home. I had seen a family of
>> Australasian Grebe there and wanted some photos of their tiger-striped
>> chicks. The Grebe were still there and also a family of Coot, also just
>> itching to have their photos taken.
>>
>>
>>
>> The two families drifted around with their young, slowly coming closer
>> together, and I imagined the chance of a photo of both families
>> harmoniously
>> feeding young in the warm afternoon sun. Suddenly though, one of the coot
>> started screaming and paddling frantically backwards, spray going
>> everywhere. Huge fish I thought, or perhaps an enormous eel no, obviously,
>> a
>> crocodile someone had dropped down a local sewer (I've read about that
>> happening!).
>>
>>
>> What it actually was though was an irate adult Grebe that had felt its
>> chicks were threatened. It had dived and come up under the coot and it not
>> only attacked, but chased the panicked coot from under water for some 10
>> metres or more before surfacing and attacking again, from behind and above.
>> As a friend said when she saw the image; “that is one agro bird!”
>>
>>
>>
>> I will put the image on the BOCA site tonight but right now I need to go
>> back out in the sun with a cup of tea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers all
>>
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to:
>> m("vicnet.net.au","birding-aus-request");
>>
>> http://birding-aus.org
>>
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