Re: birding-aus Bird lists seen vs heard

To:	Philip A Veerman <>
Subject:	Re: birding-aus Bird lists seen vs heard
From:	Laurence and Leanne Knight <>
Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:46:14 +1000

Philip A Veerman wrote:
> 
> People are questioning about whether we should include heard records on
> lists. Is there anyone out there who, when doing bird surveys and camping
> out at night, hears something obvious like a Boobook, a Bush Stone-curlew or
> an Owlet-Nightjar does not include it on the list? There are plenty of other
> examples like that.

It would depend on whether it was a serious list and whether you can be
100% it isn't a spot of mimicry - tapping into an old thread, it would
be a great joke if you were hearing another twitcher playing a recording
of the bird in question!

Regards, Laurie.

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