Volunteer Activities

• Atlas of Australian Birds

  • Participate in an ongoing survey of Australia's avifauna.

  • Birds Australia (BA), 1996–

• Beach Patrol Scheme

  • Survey and identification of beach-washed sea birds at Kilcunda beach.

  • BA, Australasian Seabird Group, 1998–2000.

• BA-Vic’s Birdline

  • I set up and now run a phone and internet service to report and find out about rare or unusual birds in Victoria.  www.babblersnest.com/birdline

  • BA, 2000–2005

•  BA-Vic Committee of Birds Australia

  • Secretary and web-master of the Birds Australia Victorian Group Committee. See www.babblersnest.com.

  • BA Victorian Group, Secretary 2000–2003, Web-master 2000–2005

•  BA-Vic Conservation Committee of Birds Australia

  • Secretary of the Birds Australia Victorian Group Conservation Committee

  • BA, 2000–2002

• Bird of Prey (BOP) Watch

  • Survey and identification of diurnal birds of prey

  • BA, 1996–2001

• Hide Duty at Edithvale Wetlands

  • Supervision and interpretation of a public bird hide which is opened on weekends. I did this on a monthly basis for four years

  • Friends of Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, 1999–2003

• Nature Guide

  • Voluntary work as a nature guide conducting walks and interpreting the natural environment

  • O’Reilly’s Rainforest Guesthouse, 2003

• Superb Lyrebird Survey

  • Participate in an annual dawn lyrebird count in the Dandenong Ranges National Park

  • Sherbrooke Lyrebird Survey Group, 1999–2003

• Victorian Atlas of Wildlife

  • Participate in ad hoc surveys of Victorian Wildlife

  • Department of Sustainability and Environment, 1997–2005