You are certainly allowed to keep any sort of personal list that you want.
However, if you plan on comparing your list to others, like by trying to do
a big year, submit your results to the OBA, etc, it is prescribed to follow
the American Birding Association listing rules:
http://listing.aba.org/aba-recording-rules/
After all, comparing numbers only makes sense if the numbers are arrived at
the same way (eg, Mandarin ducks are not on the Oregon checklist, so cannot
count for anyone according to the "rules").
The specific rules for injured or netted birds are as follows:
*“Unrestrained”* means not held captive in a cage, trap, mist net, hand, or
by any other means, and not under the influence of such captivity. A bird
is considered under the influence of captivity after its release until it
regains the activities and movements of a bird that has not been captured.
(i) A bird is under the influence of captivity during its initial movement
away from its release point and during subsequent activity reasonably
influenced by the captivity.
(ii) A wild bird that is injured, sick, oiled, or otherwise incapacitated
may be counted.
Cheers,
Brodie
