[TN-Bird] A listing thought
- From: Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 08:23:50 -0600
Howdy all,
As folks are tallying up their list totals at the end of another
year, a thought occurred to me for another listing sub-category that
some might be interested in. This would be the list of species that
you have found yourself, without stakeouts. It could be called the
"found it" list. Some thought would have to go into what exactly did
and did not count. I had some ideas on these lines...
A stakeout is a particular individual bird (or pair, or small
cohesive flock...) that was found by someone else and that you
specifically went to look for. It is not a known particular area
where a species occurs regularly that does not just involve a single
individual. So, the Ash-throated Flycatcher would be a stakeout (for
everyone but the MacWhirters), but the Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
at Ensley would not be. The latter (specific areas of regular
occurrence) is simply a matter of using your detailed knowledge of
bird distribution to find a species; the former is chasing a
stakeout. Similarly, right now the Glaucous Gull at Pickwick would
be a stakeout, but the Brown-headed Nuthatch population that resides
there isn't. I'd also say that when a birding party finds a rarity,
then everyone in that party could count the bird as "found it myself"
not just the one who happened to spot it first. On beyond avoiding
arguments, birding parties are collective efforts, and everyone makes
some contribution to deciding when and where to go and to searching
out, spotting, and identifying the birds.
The reason this idea interests me is that it would reward birders who
seek out new finds, not just drive to the latest stakeout. It gives
extra credit to those who were dedicated, alert, and lucky enough to
seek out and find the good birds that have not already been found (of
which there are doubtless thousands in Tennessee at any given moment).
Anyway, just curious if anyone else finds this idea interesting.
It's pretty easy to run through a regional or life list and count up
the ones you have only seen as stakeouts, to determine your "found
it" total by subtraction.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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