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Laurie & Leanne Knight raised a question. I have retained it below for convenience,
because otherwise readers may forget what I am responding to, and it was
concise.
My response, as one of thousands of us, is based
only on the thought that the question does not concern a formal study or
structured survey (otherwise my answer would be very different).
My idea is that each person can have, or not
have, their own lists structured however they wish. Who cares what someone else
adds to whatever list? That is their choice. If the record is accepted as valid,
it should appear in documents like the Victorian Annual Bird Report or
elsewhere, to show that the bird occurred there. I am happy for the enjoyment it
may give you to encounter it. Beyond that, it doesn't matter two hoots, oops
caws, to me whether whoever saw what, counted it on some kind of
tally.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Laurie & Leanne Knight <>
To:
Birding-Aus Mail <>
Date:
Thursday, 8 February 2001 19:50
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Ticking
House Crows
For all of those who have sought out the
House Crow in Victoria, a
question of ticking ethics.
Is there a
distinction between ticking a vagrant that has landed in
Australia
through an accident of navigation or been blown off course
[but has
basically got to Oz under its own steam] and ticking a bird
that has
hitched a lift on a cargo / passenger ship?
Is ticking the house crow
any different from ticking a ptarmigan that
has obviously escaped from an
aviary?
LK
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