Steve & all
I agree, a confirmed mental image of seeing the bird is a positive tick.
A "I must have seen it" is not a mental image of seeing the bird and
therefore not a tick.
While on the subject of bird watching and ticking. When I was younger it
was impressed on me by some serious birders that "tickers" were not real
bird watchers. I carried that with me for many years and condemned
tickers when really I did not know what ticking was. Wasted many years.
Have since met some pretty serious bird watchers who would be considered
tickers. I can say that they enjoy their bird watching as much as
anybody and know as much if not more about their birds as anyone else.
For me now compiling a list of seen and target species and researching
these allows me to systematically focus effort and expense on new birds
and is very rewarding. When visiting a location during a limited holiday
break one can really only afford to have the best look at each of as
many birds as possible within the time available and move on.
Greg Little
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Steve Murray
Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2007 9:01 AM
To: 'David Stowe'; 'Birding-aus Aus'
Subject: Black Noddy ethics
Dave...It all comes down to how you define things. If you are talking
about
a list of birds you have seen, then I definitely would not tick it. Just
because a bird has been in your field of vision doesn't mean you have
seen
it. Imagine if you were with a group of birders and they later said to
you:
"Did you see the Black Noddy?" and you replied, "No", and then they
said:
"Well, you were looking right at it!" You wouldn't tick it on the
strength
of that would you? I think that, semantically, saying you have "seen"
something implies a conscious perception at the time of seeing. You have
'seen' a Black Noddy in your photograph, that is all. My opinion.
Steve Murray
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of David Stowe
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2007 9:46 PM
To: Birding-aus Aus
Subject: Black Noddy ethics
Some of you may have read my recent posts about a trip to Michelmas
Cay last week and the fact that i didn't see any Black Noddy's.
Well I am just going through my photos in more detail and i have
found a Black Noddy in a photo!!
Does it count as a tick or not??
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