And of course, in Britain at least, birders will "count" birds in hand at
ringing stations and birds which are almost certainly ship-assisted. I recall
teasing my brother-in-law about travelling to the Liverpool Docks to twitch a
recently-arrived White-throated Sparrow --
As everyone says, it's your list -- just if it's submitted to ABA you need to purge the
records that do not meet their (often arbitrary) rules.
For example, I still have Crested Mynah on my personal North American list (hey,
I went to a lot of trouble to get this species!) but very unhappily took it off
my "ABA" list.
I do not have Trumpeter Swan on my MD list though do think the unbanded one
which showed up at Black Hills a number of years ago was very
enticing....hmmmm...
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD |