Re: [cobirds] South Platte Reservoir and ABA guidelines

Your life list is your life list and you can do whatever you want with it. I saw a Yellow-faced Grassquit in Laredo that was not accepted by the TX Bird Records Committee (no photo) but I know what I saw and it's on my life list and my ABA-area list.  It was seen on the US side.  The ABA Listing Guidelines pertain to the rules of listing species IF you wish to submit your list to ABA to be compared with other lists. An Amazon Kingfisher on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande while you are standing in TX would count on your Mexican list and your Life list, just not your ABA area list unless it flew to the TX side. By that rationale, a Black Scoter seen from Jeffco but IN Arapco would count for your Arapco list, your ABA area list, and your Life list: just not your Jeffco list. If you are competing in the Denver Audubon Big Year Competition, you should follow the ABA listing guidelines since your list will be compared to others' lists. If not, and you never plan to compare your list to others in any formal way, do what you wish - especially with your life list - which shouldn't be restricted by geography. If you've seen it, you've seen it. My 2 cents...

Chip Clouse

Golden

(and former ABA education and outreach director)

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 8:26 PM Greg Pasquariello <greg@pasq.net wrote:

I edited your email below for relevance, but I'd clarify that you can count the kingfisher (for example) on your life list, just not on your ABA area list.

 

Regards

-Greg Pasquariello

 

From: MARK CHAVEZ
Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2019 8:20 PM
To: COBIRDS
Subject: [cobirds] South Platte Reservoir and ABA guidelines

 

According to ABA (American Birding Association) you cannot count a bird for your life list unless the bird is physically in that county, state, or country. 

Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

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