[wisb] Re: Yard Lists
- From: claudia giamati <cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisb <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings!
This is how the majority of my birding is done!!! Since my humble hectare is
adjacent to several horse pastures, and I can see the birds in the pasture
really well with a scope or binies from a spot in the white pines on my
property, I count those birds as yard birds. When I see a flock of tundra
swans fly overhead, I also count those birds. I guess, If I can see a bird
while I am physically in my yard, then I count it. I do not count heard only
birds, ever. If i mention a heard only bird, I always describe it as heard
only. Bigbying is different. It just requires that you bird in a carbon
neutral way like bicycling, canoeing, or walking
good birding!
cg
Claudia Giamati
Chippewa Falls(mailing address)
Chippewa County
"A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in front of
the other."
-- M. C. Richards
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Tom Sykes <sykes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tom Sykes <sykes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Re: Yard Lists
To: "Wisbirdn network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 2:17 PM
Hi Bob,
Others may have a different take but I believe the general rule of thumb is
that any birds observed while you are physically within the boundary of your
yard are countable as yard birds. When we had a yard defined by property lines
we went so far as to categorize a yard bird as a fly-over, heard only, using a
water feature, feeding, or nesting. We also annual logged dates of when a
species was first and last seen in a given calendar year.
Now that we're full-time RVers, our definition of a yard has changed to be the
size of the site where our RV (our home) is parked. Suffice to say, our yard
list has grown at a terrific rate as we have traveled and is far more robust
than the list we accumulated in our former static yard. There are not many
Pacific Loons, Buff-bellied Hummingbirds, or Greater Roadrunners to be seen in
Appleton....not even in Daryl's yard! ;-)
Tom and Carol Sykes (currently in Las Cruces, NM)
sykes@xxxxxxxxxx
On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:41 AM, <rcd2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yard lists are perhaps based on each birder's concept of what constitutes a
> yard bird. Are there some standard rules? My personal rule has been that a
> yard bird is one that is seen or heard while one is on the actual yard
> property. My property is one block from the Village Pond and Lake Oschwald.
> When I watched the Cackling Geese this morning, I saw them over the air space
> of my property. I have had other similar experiences. I often do cemetery
> studies at the local cemetery about two blocks from my property. The
> cemetery is high on a hill and, from there, I am able to see my house. While
> at the cemetery, I have seen various birds (such as a Sharp-shinned Hawk) fly
> over my house and then over my head at the cemetery. I have not included any
> of these species as part of my yard list. Am I being too restrictive?
> -- Bob Domagalski, St. Nazianz
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