RE: A question on life birds

["Gibeau, Stu" <Stu.Gibeau@afccc.af.mil>]

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