House Crow and ship assists

["Andrew Stafford" <>]

Hi Dion and birding-aussers

I wasn't aware of this convention (I won't call it a rule as to a large
degree birders make their own). My original feeling was if a bird has
qualified for the Australian list, then I don't see why it can't be added to
an individual's. In any case, surely there are other ship-assisted birds
that have been added to the main Australian list - some of the vagrant
gulls, for example? No one seems to have had any hesitation in ticking
those! What makes House Crow different?

Incidentally I dipped on the bird during an (entirely unrelated) visit to
Melbourne - given the Yellowlegs had disappeared, it was my only chance of a
lifer! ... or so I thought.

Cheers

AS