Paul, your said you've noticed these species on lists on Eremaea. I would put
anything I saw roaming wild on there, but I would call them "countable for
surveys", not necessarily "tickable".
I'm not sure exactly what my definition of "roaming wild" is. I wouldn't count
ducks and geese hanging around in a farm yard, but I'd count the same birds on
Lake Borrie at WTP.
Peter Shute
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> On 14 Nov 2013, at 3:39 pm, "Paul Rose" <> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon,
> Just a quick question regarding Graylag Goose (and other seemingly feral
> species) as a "tickable" species in Victoria.Without going into the
> discussion regarding individual qualifications for personal life lists,
> national lists, state lists, yard lists and so on and so forth .... I have
> noticed that quite a few Victorian birders have species such as Graylag Goose
> on their Vic list posted on Eremaea (for example) from places such as Corowa
> Sewage Ponds and The Keys Wetlands in Keysborough and, coupled with other
> such events as almost driving into 3 Helmeted Guineafowl along Gherang Road
> (south of Cape Otway Rd) the other morning, recording Muscovy Duck at
> Castlemaine Botanic Gardens last month, Barbary Dove when I used to live in
> Newport, the list goes on .... I pose the question of where does it end in
> terms of officially accepted species. Are there any "tickable" Peafowl, Wild
> Turkey, Chukar, California Quail, Mandarin Duck (alright getting a bit
> ridiculous now), but whe
re
> and who (in Victoria, in Australia) draws the line in terms of official
> records, that is to say those records that will be accepted by BARC, will be
> recorded in the Breeding Bird Atlas, accepted on a Twitchathon event, for
> example as part of the Victorian or NSW Twitchathon Official Species List
> (Mallard is on this list but not Graylag Goose or Muscovy) .... so, a lesson
> on how to turn a quick question into a debate, but rather than open up a
> topic that would have been debated at length at various times I'm sure, is
> there an official document which states what can be officially counted and
> what is then left up to the individual to add to his or her day, year, life
> list at their own discretion along with heard only species and other
> categories that people might add (or not) to their various lists.
> Thanks for your advice. Please reply off-line (e-mail below) as my intention
> is certainly not to open this up for debate.
>
>
> Regards,
> Paul
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