noted them in his district. 
Habitat Codes in the Checklist 
I have set up eight habitat codes and made the suggestion that you circle a 
particular code if you see a species in that vegetation type. You might 
like to be more specific and add your own codes, eg. Ga for house garden, 
Cw for Casuarina woodland, Fw for Farm woodland. If so please put the 
extra codes at the front of the checklist so I can follow your coding. 
Can maintain separate checklists? 
Yes, if you wish to collect data from separate areas. One observer lives 
and works about 35 km apart and keeps separate checklists for each 
location. Another person maintains separate lists for his property and a 
nearby large nature reserve. 
Any hints on Bird Watching 
The obvious answer is ’keep your eyes and ears open’. Some birds are more 
often heard than seen; the Western Warbler is a good example. Once you 
become familiar with the calls you can often do a lot of your checking on 
calls alone - provided you are positive about the calls. 
The Cuckoos have appeared (for some time now) as has the Brown Song Lark. 
The Pallid Cuckoo has been fairly conspicuous in many areas and it will be 
interesting to see what is the timing and pattern of its migration into the 
south-west. The Rainbow Bee-eater should start appearing some time in 
Spring and they tend to .be conspicuous. 
Are you interested in other data? 
Some of you may have been keeping records of birds in your area for some 
time and I have received summaries of such records from several people. 
This sort of data is invaluable and I am very keen to receive it. As 
mentioned in Newsletter No. 1 any such data, or comments on individual 
species, could be sent to me with the completed checklist at the end of the 
year. 
Thank you for your support. 
Denis Saunders 
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research 
LMB No. 4 
MIDLAND 6056 WA 
09-252 0102. 
