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OBP reports

To: 'Dave Torr' <>
Subject: OBP reports
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 08:33:55 +1000
I agree, better than all this guesswork. I participate in the winter surveys, 
but I don't know what the official policy is about this.

Peter Shute 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Torr  
> Sent: Monday, 27 May 2013 8:21 AM
> To: Peter Shute
> Cc: Scott Baker; birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] OBP reports
> 
> I guess it would be good to get the views of the OBP Recovery 
> Team on this and then some consistency between Birdline and 
> BirdingAus. Whilst I was one of those who raised my concerns 
> with Russell, I tend to agree that most locals know where 
> (and when) to look anyway (and the signs are a dead giveaway 
> that the birds may be in the area).
> 
> 
> On 27 May 2013 06:39, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> 
> 
>       Congratulations on what sounds like an excellent OBP 
> sighting. I heard that the bands on some of them were able to 
> be read, and I understand it's rarely possible to obtain that 
> valuable information.
>       
>       As I understand it, the rationale behind the "ban" on 
> publicising sightings is not because it could cause any harm 
> to view them like that, but to avoid a rush to the site. Up 
> until the road behind the Borrow Pits was blocked off (two 
> years ago?), it seemed like a standard technique for seeing 
> them was to drive along there and watch to see if you flushed 
> any out of the trees. I've done it myself, but it never worked for me.
>       
>       At one point, there were cars driving past continually, 
> (I.e one every few minutes), and it's my understanding that 
> this lead to the road closure for the last two seasons.
>       
>       Peter Shute
>       
>       Sent from my iPad
>       
> 
>       On 26/05/2013, at 8:55 PM, "Scott Baker" 
> <> wrote:
>       
>       > Thanks for the update Russell. Spent 4 hours this 
> afternoon at the site with some other enthusiastic observers 
> and was eventually rewarded with presumably the same 4 birds 
> flying in, circling about then heading off. A special 
> experience particularly for those seeing this near-mythical 
> species for the first time.Is not birdwatchers that's 
> threatening the survival of the OBP but a combination of 
> climate, habitat loss and dwindling genetic stocks that are 
> of most concern. Proper management of remaining sites should 
> and mostly still does allow birds to utilise the environment 
> and for people to enjoy and study them from a vantage point 
> that hopefully does not impede their movement or damage 
> habitat.Am not convinced that suppressing information on 
> species such Orange-bellied Parrot (and Night Parrot) 
> actually improves their chances of survival. Perhaps more 
> creative management and education strategies could include, 
> enthuse and more successfully raise the profile and support for
>        th
>       > ese critically endangered creatures.
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