Re: Why Publish bird observations? Re: [Birding-Aus] afo

Yes, but they're mostly just popularised summaries of the relevant journal
research, and are not substitutes for that research.

SD




> I can't let this go unchallenged. Wingspan does publish articles on
> research
> and covservation projects. Maybe not as scholarly as Stephen would expect,
> but for example September 2009 (the most recent I could put to hand) had
> articles on Swift Parrots (by Chris Tzaros, Dean Ingwersen etc.), Sooty
> Owls
> (Rohan Bilney), Tasmanian Masked Owl, Grasswrens, Carnabys
> Black-cockatoos.
> There's even one on Eagles, by a certain Stephen Debus...
>