Hopefully the Aleutian terns are still around for the Great Backyard Bird Count
during February 16-19 - it would be nice to get them on the Aus list.
Regards, Laurie.
> On 1 Feb 2018, at 1:17 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> Our list server seems to be having trouble getting some emails to the list,
> so I'm trying forwarding them manually.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corey Callaghan
> Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2018 7:00 AM
> To:
> Subject: Socioeconomic impact of vagrant Aleutian Terns in Australia
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm a PhD candidate at UNSW Sydney with Professor Richard Kingsford.
>
> One of my research interests is quantifying and demonstrating the economic
> impact of us birders, because ultimately this needs to be balanced against
> environmental threats that destroy bird habitats, such as development. This
> is a difficult task - especially when it comes to pulsed and incredibly
> unpredictable vagrant bird sightings! I have recently studied this aspect in
> one instance in the United States and you can read more about that here:
> https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/bird-bush-worth-223851-hand.
>
>
> Luckily, the Aleutian Terns first found at Old Bar by Liam Murphy have been
> long-staying and obliging for many Australian birders. Richard Kingsford, Ian
> Benson, myself, and others are interested in quantifying the socioeconomic
> impact of the long-staying Aleutian Terns at Old Bar, NSW.
>
>
> We are using a survey to collect sociodemographic variables of birders who
> went to see the birds.
>
>
> The link is here: https://goo.gl/forms/OS41U2VLlimvS3Hw1
> <https://goo.gl/forms/OS41U2VLlimvS3Hw1>
>
>
>
> I ask that if you saw the terns at Old Bar if you would please consider
> taking the survey. It only takes less than 10 minutes and is completely
> anonymous. It would certainly help my research! Further, please share with
> your birding networks, as we hope to capture as many people as possible who
> went and saw the birds.
>
>
> Any questions, feel free to email me at
> <> .
>
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
> Corey
>
>
> P.S. I thank those who have already seen and partook in the survey!
>
>
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