Where would you draw the line? Embassy, consulate, trade mission, ....
The ABA does not recognise off shore Islands so Hawaii birds are not in the
ABA list. By ABA rules Lord Howe Island and Christmas Island would not count
for Aus list, let alone Embassies.
Tim Murphy.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Friday, 4 February 2005 6:12 AM
To: Graham Labrooy
Cc:
Subject: Birds in Chile
I had an email from an American birder (which I won't include for
various reasons) who tells me that this issue has been raised at the
ABA (the American Birders Association) and officially rejected there.
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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