On Thu, 8 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> I assume the only way you can qualify for such a club is to
> fly, without hesitation, to anywhere in North America where a bird turns up
> that you haven't seen. It would be interesting to graph the annual income
> against the position on the list of the top 10, top 100, and top 1,000.
>
This is undoubtedly true-- for the most part. But I know of a
guy who's seen 720+ in the Lower 48, never flown to chase a bird, and never
chased a bird more than 300 miles. Just a lot of well aimed vacations.
He's probably also a good birder who doesn't miss much.

|STEVE HAMPTON [hampton at gordy.ucdavis.edu]|
|Dept. of Agricultural Economics, UC Davis|
|Davis, CA 95616 USA |