[Pil-pc-oceania] Birds in Backyards Questionaire - only 400 replies. Please help

[P Ferguson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Birds in Backyards" <richard.major at birdsinbackyards.net>
To: <announce at birdsinbackyards.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:09 AM
Subject: REMINDER: Birds in Backyards Questionaire


Dear Member

Thank you to all the people who have provided us with feedback on the Birds 
in Backyards web site.  There has been an excellent response (more than 400 
replies) and the comments are really useful - we will provide a summary 
soon.

We have nearly finished entering the data and would like to collate it this 
coming week.  If you have not yet replied, but intend to, please could you 
return your questionnaire (to sender) by Tuesday, 24th April.  The 
questionnaire is duplicated at the bottom of this email in case the earlier 
email has disappeared.

We are particularly keen to hear from a couple more school groups that use 
the site, so if you're a teacher we'd love to hear from you.


Thanks again for the fantastic response


 The Birds in Backyards team
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

QUESTIONS:  Please mark the best answer with an X or type your response and 
then reply to sender


(1) How long have you been a member of the BIBY web site?
    [  ] 12 months or more
    [  ] 6-12 months
    [  ] Less than 6 months

(2) What is your prime use of the web site? (If more than one, please number 
them in order of importance with 1 being the most important).
    [  ] Bird identification and species information
    [  ] General information about birds and their conservation
    [  ] Gardening for birds
    [  ] Submission of surveys
    [  ] All the above equally
    [  ] Other (please specify):

(3) Who in your family, home or working environment uses the web site most?
    [  ] Children - under 13
    [  ] Teenagers - 13-19
    [  ] Adults: over 19
    [  ] All the above

(4a) If you have your own garden or manage other open spaces, have you, as a 
result of the information you have learnt from the BIBY web site, made any 
changes to the way you garden or care for the space, to encourage and enable 
more birds to use it?
    [  ] Yes
    [  ] No
    [  ] Not yet, but plan to

(4b) If Yes, please specify what these changes are or what plans you have. 
For example: do you use more locally native plants than you did previously; 
do you plant more closely to develop sheltering thickets; or have you 
reduced the amount of mown grass lawns.  If so, what have you replaced them 
with? Or perhaps you have been able to close off an area and allowed it to 
re-establish naturally? (Please type comments).

I have: (type comments)


I plan to: Reduce lawn and provide watering points.


(5a ) If you don't have your own garden but are accessing a public area such 
as a remnant bushland or park, have there been any changes in the way you 
utilize or think about this area as a result of the information you have 
found on the BIBY web site?
    [  ] Yes
    [  ] No

(5b) If yes, please specify what these changes are. (Please type comments).


(6a) If there were hands-on Birds in Backyards workshops run in your region, 
would you be interested in attending?
    [  ] Yes
    [  ] No


(6b)  If yes, what topics would you like covered?
    [  ] Bird identification skills
    [  ] Guidelines for developing a bird-friendly garden or open space
    [  ] Growing endemic plants
    [  ] Other (please specify)

(7) What do you enjoy most about the web site? (Please type comments).


(8) What would you like to change most on the web site? (Please type 
comments).


(9) If you have any other comments or suggestions about the web site or the 
Birds in Backyards program that you would like to tell us, please make them 
here. (Please type comments).


Many thanks for your time in completing this evaluation questionnaire. We 
will let you know the results as soon as we are able.

 Happy birding -- and gardening .

 The Birds in Backyards team