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Re: A question on life birds



I have not been a lister since I was a callow youth but I am curious..if you
trap a bird, band it & release it..does it count?

-- Helmut C Mueller

409 Moonridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
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> From: "Gibeau,  Stu" <Stu.Gibeau@afccc.af.mil>
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 08:06:43 -0500
> To: KCat504@aol.com, carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject: RE: A question on life birds
> 
> It's your list but I go by the ABA guidelines; "Birds counted must be alive,
> wild, and unrestrained. ...  Injured birds may be counted if wild and
> unrestrained."  Based on this I would say if you saw it's last gasp it
> counts. Also, I've seen pheasant here in the Asheville area, although in the
> wild and unrestrained I would hardly consider it wild.  I didn't count it,
> but I did make a foot note.  Interestingly bird eggs don't count either.
> Although I've only seen a handful of eggs in the wild.  I've always seen the
> brood parent.  I generally stay away from nests once I'm aware of them.
> Don't want to stress Mom & Dad any!
> 
> Stu Gibeau
> Black Mountain, NC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KCat504@aol.com [mailto:KCat504@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 7:45 AM
> To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject: A question on life birds
> 
> 
> A discussion came up on a birding forum I belong to and none of us had a
> definitive answer on the subject and was wondering what the general
> consensus would be about finding a dead bird in the wild.  If one had never
> seen this bird before, could you count it as a life bird?
> It is understood amongst all that the bird should be left "as is" and where
> it is, but, can it be counted as a bird for your life list?  Thanks
> KC Foggin
> Myrtle Beach