CHECKLIST NEWSLETTER NO. 1 JUNE 1987 
At present over 90 people have volunteered to collect data on the birds of 
the area using the checklist provided. For your information the following 
postal addresses are represented with numbers of observers in the district 
given in brackets. 
Ardath 
(1) 
Gingin 
(1) 
Narembeen 
(1) 
Babakin 
(1) 
Goomalling 
(1) 
Narrogin 
(1) 
Ballidu 
(1) 
Kalannie 
(3) 
New Norcia 
(1) 
Beverley 
(3) 
Kondinin 
(1) 
Newdegate 
(1) 
Bodallin 
(3) 
Koorda 
(1) 
Northam 
(2) 
Brookton 
(1) 
Kulin 
(1) 
Northampton 
(1) 
Bruce Rock 
(1) 
Latham 
(1) 
Nungarin 
(2) 
Coomberdale 
(1) 
Manjimup 
(1) 
Pingaring 
(1) 
Coorow 
(2) 
Manmanning 
(1) 
Pingelly 
(2) 
Corrigin 
(3) 
Merredin 
(8) 
Quairading 
(2) 
Cuballing 
(1) 
Metro area 
(12) 
Tammin 
(2) 
Cunderdin 
(3) 
Mingenew 
(3) 
Walkaway 
(1) 
Dalwallinu 
(3) 
Moor a 
(1) 
Watheroo 
(1) 
Dowerin 
(2) 
Morawa 
(4) 
Westonia 
(3) 
Esperance 
(1) 
Muntadgin 
(1) 
Williams 
(1) 
Geraldton 
(3) 
Nabawa 
(1) 
Wongan Hills 
(1) 
Wyalkatchem 
(2) 
The response to my request for observers was tremendous and the phone ran 
hot at our Laboratory for some time. Unfortunately, I did not talk to all 
of those who volunteered their support and I do apologise to you if you 
were one of those with whom I did not discuss the project. Those that I 
did speak with, had several questions and I have had people contact me 
since the) received their checklist. I would like to answer these 
questions for all of the observers. 
Is. checklist drawn up for an area centred on Kellerberrin? 
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research has a major study on the 
ecological dynamics of remnants of native vegetation and this study is 
being conducted in the area bounded by dotted lines on the map in the 
centre of the checklist. I am conducting a study involving capture, 
banding and release of birds to monitor their movements within this area 
and hopefully, if we get band recoveries, outside this area. 
As we had collected data on birds in this area from many sources it was 
logical to use that as the basis for the checklist. The map at the centre 
of the checklist shows the area over which I would expect the checklist to 
be most accurate. The further one moves from that area the more changes in 
status and species composition one would expect. 
An®. interested in data from locations outside of an area shown in the 
checklist? 
Ye£. I am interested in data from all over the agricultural area and the 
adjacent semi-arid zone. The more observers there are throughout the 
agricultural area, the more accurate the maps of distribution and seasonal 
occurrence will be. The further your area is from the map shown in the 
checklist, the more additions you may have to make to the checklist. There 
should be plenty of space in the notes section of the last two pages but 
