Hi All,
I have been told that dead birds are not to be ticked, one need only
refer to the bible. Ticking [this is Aus not the US!, listing is for
grocery shoppers ;) ] a half decomposed Wandering Albatross is
simply not comparable and hardly satisfying.
However state lists are a different matter. I have been informed that
if you have seen it already in another state, you can even tick bird
calls in different states, without bothering to see it.
As for mist nets etc, why can't you tick it if you went to the effort of
putting the damn things up! I remember explaining to a visiting
confused American why the thornbill I was holding was a Brown,
whilst getting horribly confusedmyself.., tick it was a Chestnut-
rumped thornbill, a hand tick and lifer all in one! (For all those de-
listers, I have of course seen the bird, and caught heaps of the little
buggers, since).
Happy ticking,
Paul
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Paul McDonald
Division of Botany and Zoology
School of Life Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, A.C.T.
Australia 0200
Ph: +61 6 249 2536
Fax: +61 6 249 5573
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to
Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus" in the message body (without the
quotes)
|
