Maybe seperate birder lists for different ethical standards? Climbers
differentiate quality of ascent using different variables; Was the
route bolted? Was it your first attempt? Were they genuine Winter
conditions or was it just cold?
I'm going for biggest 'traditional' list in Australia, slowly, which
means no possible ship assisted birds, no 'plastics', only recognised
native Australian fauna. Other people can tick the crow, or other
dodgy vagrants if they like, but as far as I'm concerned they're
competing in a different sport.
The view is good from the moral high-ground.
EB
On 7/9/08, Graham Turner <> wrote:
> The rules being
>
> ".All species counted should be seen alive and in the wild
> 2.Geography includes Mainland Australia, its Territories
> or anywhere within the 200 NM limit (excluding Antarctica).
> 3.Taxonomy should follow Christidis & Boles 2008 .
> 4.Submissions should be honest, accurate and dated. "
>
> So the Peach-faced Lovebird I saw a few years ago is tickable? Being both
> alive and in the wild?
>
> The crow must be as tickable as the magpie in Broome which was designated as
> 'untickable' by at least one well know birder.
>
> Graham Turner
>
>
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