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Year List Ethics (Poll)

To: Joshua Bergmark <>, "" <>
Subject: Year List Ethics (Poll)
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
Joshua,

I disagree with you for two reasons:
(1) Listing for your own interest is unimportant. It is better to use your 
observations for a bigger picture (e.g. conservation). In this case song (which 
may indicate a territory) may be way more important than just a sight record.
(2) There are quite some "look alike" species, e.g. within the reed-warblers, 
leaf-warblers, thrushes, nightjars, owls and many more... In these cases it may 
be much more convincing if you hear them rather than only see them. 
(3) Lots of birds have great songs - why then does listening to a hidden 
skulker not fit the "aim to observe the beauty, behaviour and uniqueness of a 
species"?

Have a look at the plates of Cleere & Nurney "Nightjars" and listen to the 
accompanying CD! Which one is more fun?

Vote for hearing (in selected cases even for the "life list")

Cheers,

Nikolas
 

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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Joshua Bergmark <>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Year List Ethics (Poll)


Hi everyone
I, (being the reason that Max asked this question) only tick "seen" birds on my 
yearlist. It just doesn't seem right to hear a bird and say it counts. Kind of 
a contradiction to the term, birdWATCHING - where the whole aim is to observe 
the beauty, behaviour and uniqueness of a species :)
So, one vote for seeing.
Joshua Bergmark

> From: 
> To: 
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:12:22 +1000
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Year List Ethics (Poll)
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> just a quick question: If you, like many birders, record ‘year lists’, do you 
> tick birds only on sight alone or do you tick birds from call (even if you 
> don’t end up seeing them). Personally if I hear a bird that would be new on 
> my year list, I tick it as this saves me time trying to see a perhaps common 
> species that I’ve seen many times before and so gives me more time to focus 
> on birds I may not have seen. One questionable aspect of my practice is the 
> fact that, if I hear a bird that would be a lifer for me and tick it on my 
> year list that it only remains as a year tick until the day I do end up 
> seeing and identifying the species in question. 
> 
> Basically I’m asking if you tick by sight or sound on your year list, not 
> your life list.
> 
> I would appreciate any/all answers!
> 
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Max Breckenridge,
> Gladesville, Sydney. 
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