HUNTER 300 CLUB

How many birds have you seen in the Hunter Region?  Have you seen more than 300 birds? If so, welcome to the Hunter 300 Club – and you’re now eligible for a special badge. And for those who have made it to the next milestone, there’s also the Hunter 350 Club.

                                         

 How to obtain a badge? Simply let Ian Martin know what your total is (ian.martin@exemail.com.au).  Ian will also maintain a list of everybody’s totals on the website so that the more competitive of our members can have a bit of fun trying to out-score one another (and the rest of us can be entertained by that). Your badge will be presented to you at the next HBOC meeting or outing that you attend by Alan Stuart. 

What should you count on your list? There are a few basic rules:
  • You must have seen the bird in the Hunter Region at least once (birds that only have been heard cannot be counted), but you do not have to be a member of HBOC to apply for the badge.
  • The Hunter Region is the area defined in HBOC’s Hunter Region Annual Bird Reports (see "Hunter Region"). 
  • Species not listed in the Bird Reports cannot be included, nor can species classified as Escapees.
  • For rare birds (those listed as Category 3 in the Bird Reports) we encourage you to ensure that the HBOC Records Appraisal Committee has accepted the record. That is, that either you submitted a report form to the RAC or your observation occurred during a period when other observers had confirmed the species to be present. However, that’s not compulsory and all you have to do is submit your total to us.
So far, more than 425 species have been recorded in the Hunter Region. Maybe we’ll have a Hunter 400 Club badge some day too!
                                       300 Club Roll of Honour
 
 
Hunter total Observer Last updated
  388 Lindsey, Ann May-10
  383 Hansbro, Phil Dec-09
  382 Stuart, Alan Mar-10
  382 McDonald, Robert Apr-10
  374 Morris, Alan Dec-09
  371 Roderick, Steve Sep-10
  368 Roderick, Mick Jun-10
  359 O'Connor, Graham Jun-07
  358 Jenkin, Dick May-10
  355 Livanos, Nick May-10
  348 Richardson, Allan May-10
  339 Brosie, Grant May-10
  330 Kearns, Michael Mar-08
  330 Herbert, Chris Aug-09
  330 Mee, Lorna Mar-10
  326 Anderson, Craig Apr-10
  325 Laverick, Keith Dec-09
  323 Newling, Greg Jun-07
  317 Goodenough, Colin Jan-08
  313 Little, Greg Jun-07
  307 Smart, Jim Dec-07
  302 Williams, Dan Mar-10
  300 Clarke, Tom Nov-08