Philip A. Veerman wrote:
>
<snip>
> Of course others will have different views but I for one think blah
> about any more on this issue.
>
Come now, birders love to chew the fat. My experience as a bushwalking
birder is that when conventional birders meet at a carpark or at the
edge of a lake or on the mudflats, they will yak incessently.
On the subject of ticking, I think there are philosophically defensible
positions at the extreme ends of the issue. You either list only
Australian natives, or you tick any species seen within Australian
territory [as long as it has a pulse or isn't in a cage]. This means
that any sort of pheasant, chook, guinea fowl, kiwi, macaw, blue jay,
hummingbird, parakeet, love bird, nightingale, puffin, vulture, weaver
bird or house crow seen moving around [ie not nailed to a perch] is fair
game for the pot [er list].
Any philosophical position between these two extremes is somewhat
dubious and the logical equivalent of believing in the giant pumpkin
[sorry Linus].
Therefore, those of you who count ticks on lists [obviously not everyone
in this newsgroup] may as well have two lists [or books as any indecent
accountant would do] to reflect the maxima and minima of your twitching.
Regards, Laurie.
Birding-Aus is on the Web at
www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message
"unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line)
to
|
