The count is about the birds that use your garden. Birds can use a garden in all sorts of ways. If it happens to use it to die then it still gets counted.
Chris
From: Sue Lashko [
Sent: Sunday, 2 June 2013 9:55 AM
To: Paul Fennell; canberrabirds chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Counting C Myna in GBS
It was alive and in the GBS when trapped - no different from you seeing a bird in the GBS and then the cat eating it!
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Paul Fennell <> wrote:
Hi everyone
To me, this is akin to Schrödinger’s cat, but with a practical aspect.
I one traps a Myna bird and disposes of it. Does it appear on the GBS Chart as a one or a zero?
Cheers
Paul
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