[va_co_birding] Lines and rules

Hola,
While birding at a couple different locations last weekend, Sue Heath and I 
stumbled into a discussion about birding county lines.  As any county lister 
knows, these are veritable gold mines for county listing, especially since they 
often involve rivers.  However, this brings up a question.  If the bird seen 
and calling next to you is a Hairy Woodpecker, and then it flies away, into the 
adjacent county across the river, but never calls, and never offers an 
identifiable look, is it still a Hairy Woodpecker?  Or, the opposite.  The bird 
flies in from another county, you don't know what it is when it's out there, 
but 
as it flies into the county you're standing in and you identify it, does it 
count in both counties?

To me, this is a simple answer.  Yes, it does.  Both birds would be countable 
in both.  Or, do you others believe that the bird has to be identified in 
both counties?  

Next.  Ashby Gap.  It sits on the Fauquier/Loudoun/Clarke County line.  It's 
a good place to get birds in multiple jurisdictions.  It just needs to be a 
bit more of a birdy spot, but so far it's fairly promising.

Cheers,

Todd


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