I do pretty much the same as Jerry - anything seen or heard while I am physically within my yard. I will count it if I am outside my yard, but the bird is in my yard, but I won't guess as to the flight path, I need to see a flyover from my yard. I actually have run back to my yard in order to get a flyover yard bird - a Sandhill Crane - just after embarking on a dog walk. Needless to say probably, my dog was not happy with a quick return to they yard! I'm still waiting for the Milwaukee/Ozaukee County eagles to make a flyover. Chris Petherick Fox Point, Northeastern Milwaukee County On 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. > > 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 > > > > > > > -----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 > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding > etwork (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > ttp://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > ttp://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/ > wisbirdn. > > > #################### > ou received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding > etwork (Wisbirdn). > o UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > ttp://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > o set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > ttp://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > isit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > . > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > . > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/ > wisbirdn. > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.