Hi all,
Yes, I agree that including embassies is pushing things a little!! It is
simply too difficult to regulate or define. We'd all be going crazy visiting
embassies!!
I think that Tony Palliser's definition includes "territories", not just any
political ground, such as embassies. Even this seems puzzling to me, as
birds seen on Christmas or Heard Islands are probably just as attached to
Australian ecological boundaries as Santiago!!
Perhaps the limits should be defined more by bio-regional boundaries. The
best 'Australian list' would be defined by the continental shelf (hence
including all the major offshore islands) and the 200NM limit for oceanic
birds. But then there is the difficulty in Northern Australia, where the
shelf pretty much joins PNG etc.
Margaret
From: "Graham Labrooy" <>
To:
Subject: FW: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Birds in Chile
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:33:51 +1000
From: Dave Torr <>
Reply-To: Dave Torr <>
To: Graham Labrooy <>
CC:
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Birds in Chile
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:50:10 +1100
The only "official" list that I know of for checking Aussie birders'
totals is http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pelagic/totals.html
maintained by Tony Palliser, so if you aspire to post your total for
others to see then you would need to adhere to his rules - and I guess
he excludes embassies.
Irrespctive of what the "legal" status if an embassy is (I did a quick
Google but could not find an answer) I think you will find most
birders would not include them.
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:42:07 +1000, Graham Labrooy
<> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I posted a message a while back about Australian lists. I have just
returned
> from a visit to Santiago, Chile, where I was able to visit the
Australian
> embassy, in Las Condes. Although the weather was poor I managed to
identify
> Austral thrush, Picui Ground Dove, Eared Dove and Southern Lapwing
whilst
> there. Apart from adding to my (very limited) Chilean-list, do these
birds
> qualify for an Australian list as well?? It is Australian soil is it
not?
> Political territory??
>
> Maybe I am way off the mark, but I would like to know what is standard,
as I
> am only new to birding in Australia.
>
> Thanking you in advance (and thank you to Russell for his reply last
time),
> Graham
>
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