From 2006 and onwards the site is managed by Staffan
Rodebrand with technical assistance from Bo
Thoor. Managing the Birding Azores web site from
Sweden and by Swedish birders has its difficulties, and hopefully we will
in the future be able to join more local members into the team.
The Birding Azores web site was initialized in 2004 by
Staffan Rodebrand and Bosse Carlsson, two Swedish birders visiting the Azores
on a yearly basis during recent years. The major purpose was to collect
information and describe the bird fauna of the islands, and to create a
source of information for visiting birders.
The web site was then constructed together with Niklas
Holmström and his platform seawatching.net with Birding Madeira
already in use. In 2006 Bo Thoor joined the group adding more technical
assistance, and the database was on its way. From 2010 birdingazores.com
hosts the site, with close cooperation with seawatching.net and the Portuguese
Rarities Committee at SPEA.
Don't hesitate to contact Staffan and Bo on the
email address Birding Azores
Acknowledgements
Many thanks go to Niklas
Holmström for all the initial technical and layout work, as well
as for his encouragements, patience and overall support; Bosse Carlsson
for his help in the start; Joël Bried, Gerbrand Michielsen, and Ricardo
Guerreiro for help in many different ways; Pierre-André Chrochet,
Gonçalo Elias, Ricard Gutiérrez, Maria Magalhaes, João
Paulo A. S. Medeiros Constância, and Duarte Soares Furtado for help
with published papers and references; and Tony Clarke for help with some
unpublished materiel; Photographers: Peter Alfrey, Patrik Bergdahl, Leo
JR Boon (the Azores Bullfinch in top on each page), Paul Gale, Göran
Ekström, Tommy Frandsen, Seppo Haavisto, Julian Hough, Ricardo Guerreiro,
Harry J. Lehto, Martin Oomen, Mary Scott (photos of cetaceans), Michael
D. Stubblefield, and of course all those who have contributed trip reports
and photos on birds in Azores.
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