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BOCA has produced a range of reports to facilitate the publishing of material not considered appropriate for the Club's other publications: Australian Field Ornithology and The Bird Observer. These reports are listed below: some can be purchased from The Blue Wren Gift Shop and all can be consulted in the BOCA Library.
BOCA Report No.1 - Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo Survey 1982-1988
Dawson, J. 1993. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo: Calyptorhynchus funereus funereus and
Calyptorhynchus funereus xanthanotus. Report on the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Survey, 1983-1988.
BOCA Report No.1.
The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Survey was a five year study (1983 to 1988)
which aimed to ensure the future of these cockatoos by determining their environmental requirements for survival
and by locating the areas of habitat important to their survival. Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.2 - Birds of Cranbourne Botanical Garden
Evans, S. & KJoot, T. 1993. Birds of Cranbourne Botanic Garden. Victoria, BOCA Report No.2
The Cranbourne Botanic Garden is situated on 365 hectares which was formerly a Military Reserve.
also used for grazing and for extensive sand mining. Comprehensive monthly bird surveys between
September 1989 and December 1992 by a team from the Bird Observers Club of Australia
recorded 121 species (10 introduced), 43 of them breeding. Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.3 - BOCA Birds & Gardens Survey, 1991
Wilson, Z. 1994. BOCA Birds and Gardens Survey 1991. BOCA Report No.3
Over the whole of 1991, participants representing 137 gardens recorded 9751 visits from 303 bird species.
The Survey design recorded the following garden parameters: garden dimensions and shape
(including a plan showing buildings, lawn or groundcover areas, garden beds,and number and height
of major shrubs and trees); participant assessment of the major plant types ('native' or 'exotic')
and location. Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.4 - Index to bird-watching locations mentioned in The Bird Observer 1970 - 1993
(with updated supplement).
BOCA Report No.5 - The Bird-book Book
A CD-ROM based bibliography ofAustralasian and Oceanic bird books and reports.
BOCA Report No.6 - Whittell (1680-1950) Supplement: Additions and Emendations to
H. M. Whittell's The Literature of Australian Birds
In his monumental work, The Literature of Australian Birds, (paterson Brokensha Pty Ltd, 1954),
the late Major H. M. Whittell paid tribute to those who went before him : In 1925 Gregory M. Mathews issued,
as a supplement to his Birds of Australia, a bibliography of books and articles studied
in the preparation of his work, plus brief biographical notes on the authors and in 1935
Anthony Musgrave published his Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930.
Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.7 - Melbourne City Birdwatch
Many members of the Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA) have observed birds in the
Central Business Districtof Melbourne (CBD) over the years, but it is believed that hitherto a comprehensive
checklist has never been prepared for the area. A list prepared by the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources (see Appendix C) incorporates the CBD but covers approximately three times the area
covered by the BOCA survey, including parts of Collingwood, Fitzroy and Carlton North.
Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.8 - Bird-hides and Boardwalks
The principle of the use of hides goes back into antiquity, the success of the hunter is largely
proportional to his ability to see and not be seen. Early people throughout the world used
shrubbery to hide behind while hunting, or concealed themselves behind a floating raft
or branch of vegetation as they moved through the water. Today, bird- watchers, field naturalists
and photog- raphers have largely taken the place of the hunter in our modern society, so that
the thrill of the hunt can still be enjoyed. Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.9 - Guidelines for leading groups on Club outings
Many Club members hesitate to become Leaders because of lack of confidence and self-assurance,
or feel they have not the abilities and knowledge to lead. Leaders need to be able to plan
an outing but certainly do not themselves need to be experts in the field.
Download a pdf copy of Contents and Summary.
BOCA Report No.10 - Stone-curlew Workshop
This BOCA workshop was held at Benalla because it is one of the few areas in Victoria where
the Bush Stone-curlew survives. Concern is increasing as population numbers of the birds
continue to decline, and funds donated to Friends of Stone-curlews offered the opportunity to
run such a workshop and information day to raise the profile of the Bush Stone-curlew in the
local community, and to provide information about its conservation to interested land managers
and landholders. In some respects this species can be considered a symbol of the importance of
grassy-woodland ecosystems to a suite of native animals.
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