[wisb] Re: Yard Lists
- From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:14:58 -0500
Hey all-
I like this "within from without, or without from within" rule. I don't yard
list heavily, but I recall a similar story to Chris's of a Eugene OR birder
hearing white-fronted geese while a quarter mile of his home, and racing
them back to be within his yard to tick them when they flew over.
My dad has a bit of a hobby farm in central MN, and we were astonished to
find we had a list of 179 when we totaled them up. Not sure if it counts as
a yard, I suppose, but hey, if Tom is counting his mobile yard, we'll call
the farm a "yard".
Jesse
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Petherick Chris <cpetherick@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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