I thought all you guys were already doing that,
adding birds by sound?
--- Taylor McLean <> wrote:
> Dear Barry:
>    The way I learned it, Chucks and Whips can be
> life birds by sound.
>
>   I never really have seen anything formal on
> counting lifers by sound.
> Does anyone have the official word on that.
> What about owls and Yellow Rail by sound for lifers?
> Is that ok?
>
>             Could someone please give us the
> official word.
>
>
>                     good birding!!
>
>
>                                       Taylor McLean
>                                       Towson, MD
>                                       Baltimore
> County
>
> 
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Marsh" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:44 AM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Chuck-will's Widow & Voice ID
> Life List Question
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > A wonderful weekend kayak camping trip at
> Assateague Island National
> > Seashore helped me add a new bird to my life list,
> the Chuck-will's
> > Widow...I think.  The Park's list includes the
> Chuck-will's Widow, and,
> > based on another kayaking birder's ID and
> listening to sound files
> > afterward, we're pretty sure we heard them all
> around the Green Run
> > backcountry campsite through the evening hours
> Saturday and Sunday.  But
> > we never saw any.
> >
> > So far, every bird on my North American life list
> (255 species to date) is
> > one I've gotten a good solid look at.
> Chuck-will's Widow would be the
> > first I'd consider adding based on voice alone.
> What is the general
> > feeling among birders about including in their
> life lists birds one has
> > heard but not seen?  Thanks!
> >
> > Barry D. Marsh
> > Baltimore, MD
> >
> >
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