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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