[wisb] Re: Yard Lists
- From: Mikko Viljamaa <mikko.viljamaa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:56:47 -0500
I agree with Jerry. I have seen people diving in their sleeping bags in
Lapland tundra when a Gyrfalcon flew by. They were counting sleeping bag
species at that point.
Mikko (Outagamie County) - And a happy owner of 51 birds yard list in 2010
(last one was fall's first DE Junco at the feeder on the other day).
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:35 PM, <jerry937975@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> My rule of thumb for my "yard list" is this:
>
> Without from within, or within from without.
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> So basically I either see the bird FROM my actual yard, or I see it IN my
> yard, though I may be outside the yard.
>
> If I were 20 feet from my yard, and a Mississippi Kite were to fly past me,
> I would have to run to my yard and see the bird from my yard to actually
> count it, unless I was absolutely sure it flew directly OVER the airspace of
> my yard. lol
>
> But that's my rule and I'm sticking to it.
>
> Jerry DeBoer
> Central Racine County
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Sykes <sykes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Wisbirdn network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 2:17 pm
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Yard Lists
>
>
> Hi Bob,
> Others may have a different take but I believe the general rule of thumb is
> that
> ny birds observed while you are physically within the boundary of your yard
> are
> ountable as yard birds. When we had a yard defined by property lines we
> went so
> ar as to categorize a yard bird as a fly-over, heard only, using a water
> eature, feeding, or nesting. We also annual logged dates of when a species
> was
> irst 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
> ize of the site where our RV (our home) is parked. Suffice to say, our yard
> ist has grown at a terrific rate as we have traveled and is far more robust
> han the list we accumulated in our former static yard. There are not many
> acific Loons, Buff-bellied Hummingbirds, or Greater Roadrunners to be seen
> in
> ppleton....not even in Daryl's yard! ;-)
> Tom and Carol Sykes (currently in Las Cruces, NM)
> ykes@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
> ard bird. Are there some standard rules? My personal rule has been that a
> ard bird is one that is seen or heard while one is on the actual yard
> property.
> y property is one block from the Village Pond and Lake Oschwald. When I
> atched the Cackling Geese this morning, I saw them over the air space of my
> roperty. I have had other similar experiences. I often do cemetery
> studies at
> he local cemetery about two blocks from my property. The cemetery is high
> on a
> ill and, from there, I am able to see my house. While at the cemetery, I
> have
> een various birds (such as a Sharp-shinned Hawk) fly over my house and then
> ver my head at the cemetery. I have not included any of these species as
> part
> f my yard list. Am I being too restrictive?
> -- Bob Domagalski, St. Nazianz
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