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Parrot population data and a question for birding aus members

To: Martin Butterfield <>
Subject: Parrot population data and a question for birding aus members
From: "Donald G. Kimball" <>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:38:06 +0000
Sorry Martin but are you suggesting there should be more parrot sightings
in Sept/Oct?  I thought there were more records and birds present in
April/May.  Perhaps I need to scrutinize my findings more.  Thanks for your
imput mate!

Don

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Martin Butterfield <>
wrote:

> Donald
>
> Are you adjusting for the total number of checklists submitted?  If there
> are more lists in Apr/May than Sep/Oct one would expect more records of
> parrots.
>
> Martin
>
> Martin Butterfield
> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
>
> On 19 December 2017 at 07:42, Donald G. Kimball <>
> wrote:
>
>> I use E-bird a good deal like many I suspect.  I have noticed a pattern in
>> parrot data.  I looked at aproximately 30 species of parrots in NSW, VIC,
>> NT and noticed that there are more recordings/sightings for most species
>> in
>> April/May as opposed to Sept/Oct.
>>
>> I have my own ideas as to why this is so but would love some input from
>> local Aussies.
>>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Don Kimball
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