Proforma Coming

I'll post the first proforma here as a PDF soon as it's availible. If you'd like a copy of the one I'm using, give me a hollar.

Change in Name

Alas I forgot to mention that the program will now be called Community Bird Search.

And I've also set up a blog on wordpress, which can be found here : http://birdsearch.wordpress.com/ .

Cheers Folks,

Richard.

A Change in Direction

After a an almost complete lack of community interest in the idea for this project and a serious bout of self reflection, I have made some significant changes in the direction of the program.

I have decided on a 7 stage approach that looks something like this :

Stage 1 : Create a list of likely sites in the south west that can be used for community to learn about birds.

Stage 2 : Engage community groups and individuals in creating a 1 page site specific proforma for identifying birds, flora and their habitat.

Stage 3 : Compile proformas into a PDF booklet availible for download off the blog.

Stage 4 : Trial proformas with specific community groups, such as school children.

Stage 5: Engage local volunteers who would like to carry the project ie. website development, monitoring, database upkeep etc.

Stage 6: Create additonal tools for monitoring local bird species & create a database for cataloging bird data

Stage 7 : Feed information generated to local bird groups, local DSE & National groups such as Viridans, The Gould League & Birds Australia.

So that's it in a nutshell.

The good news is that I've engaged Hawksedale College students in developing a proforma for Hawksedale Common and have prospective interest from the South West Environmental Volunteerism Initiative & an Environmental Work Experience Program (the old Green Corps) that I hope will hit the ground by the end of the year.

So watch out, here we come. If you'd like to know more about this little project I'm cooking up, give me a call on 0458 268 119.