Hi Folks,
Over the last few weeks, birders across the great
state of Queensland have been traversing
the countryside as part of the joint
Birds Queensland and Birdlife Southern Queensland Twitchathon. It has
been another successful event, with about 20 teams entering.
Previously
funds raised
through this event have been split between the organisations, but in 2015 a
decision was made to pool the funds and put
them towards a joint project. We chose to support research into the
Carpentarian Grasswren, a bird which unfortunately is in decline, and now
almost a Queensland endemic. For more details, see the excellent summary on the
Birdlife website by Graham Harrington and Steve Murphy:
birdlife.org.au/australian-birdlife/detail/in-the-line-of-fire
We
are hoping to raise
$8000 to put towards comprehensive surveys of the current populations. This
will help gather some robust baseline data that can be used to monitor
population trends. We have raised about half
of that through donations direct to Twitchathon participants themselves,
and are hoping to raise the second half through our online public donation
portal.
So, we are asking for your help! If you feel like
chipping in ten bucks to help us reach our target, please go to:
Please also feel free to share with family, friends or
social media. It's for a great little bird, and a very good cause!
Thanks for your help.
Nick Leseberg
QLD Twitch Coordinator
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