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Stringing

To: Tony Ashton <>
Subject: Stringing
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:33:33 +1000
For a good discussion of stringing in the UK (both the concept and some
good examples) see Ch 15 of Mark Cocker's book "Birders: Tales of a Tribe".

Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/


On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 07:41, Tony Ashton <> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Years of unofficially moderating the Tyto Wetlands list for the Info Centre
> showed that many, indeed, most!, in my experience, listers (myself
> included, when elsewhere) make errors. Far fewer cheat. Annual listing
> comps may be a factor. But delusions about ability probably play a greater
> part. About 80% of drivers think they're above average. Why should birders
> be different?
>
> Cheers,
> Tony Ashton (Tyto Tony)
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 7:57 PM rob morris <>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > Noah’s example is not ‘stringing’ - that example is fabrication aka
> lying.
> >
> > A stringer is someone who misidentifies things without knowing. Stringing
> > - as it was defined in the 70s and 80s Uk birding scene was the same -
> e.g.
> > someone who genuinely thinks he saw a Fairy Pitta at Mount Glorious not
> > realising it was a Noisy Pitta.
> >
> > Fabrication is most commonly called lying.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > Robert P Morris BSc(Hons) MSc GIACD
> > 
> > Mobile +61 431 119 773
> > Landline +61 7 3195 1911
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On 16 Sep 2018, at 19:36, A Smith <> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am currently reading Noah Stryker's excellent book about his world
> big
> > year, Birding without Borders. In the book, Noah talks about stringing
> and
> > uses an Australian example. Does anyone know the background to this
> story?
> > >
> > > In the example Stryker uses, 'local experts became suspicious of the
> > impressive list of sightings' made by someone doing a state big year. The
> > observer 'was caught red-handed' when he reported a frigatebird with a
> > photo that subsequently was found to have been taken in Fiji. The
> clincher
> > was that the photo showed clear blue skies when the weather was cloudy on
> > the day others had seen the frigate bird.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Alastair
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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