As Andrew Adcock just restated ' a list is a personal thing, do whatever
makes you happiest'. I agree with this . I'm a twitcher.
As a twitcher I tend to be a 'splitter' largely following Schodde's
listings for Australia, but of course have no scientific status in this
forum so when a new bird is called and I see it I tend to tick it and
let the experts argue about it for the next ' n' months or years through
BARC or whatever. It's what turns them on, but I have no intention of
waiting off for their decisions. If they subsequently dismiss a sighting
which I have earlier ticked, it's easy enough to delete it from my
tally. Given the recent results of BARC deliberations published in a
recent Wingspan one could wait as much as five or even eight years for
an answer, and given my present age I may not have that long to wait. (
crosses himself and says ten Hail Marys).
Tony. Science is great but who wants to wait ?
All flack gratefully received.
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