HUNTER 300 CLUB

 How to obtain a badge? Simply let Ian Martin know what your new 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 by Alan Stuart at the next HBOC meeting or outing that you attend. 

• 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.