On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Christopher Hill wrote:
> I should say for any ABA type birders out there that the standards
> for "countability" on a CBC may be less strict than for other purposes.
> Since the purpose of the count is to track population trends, records of
> such birds as Mute Swans, which are probably not "officially" established
> in Washington, but which are here and probably increasing, are of enough
> interest to justify including in count totals (at least in my opinion).
> Likewise, if there are small pockets of Bobwhite breeding fairly
> consistently for a period of years, it's probably worth noting that. If
> all the bobwhites are recent releases/escapees, then they're not worth
> mentioning.

I would include them in the data. Such birds could very well proliferate
within the area (though the recent ice and snow would probably devestate
them). In Portland, we are sure to include the small Monk Parakeet
colony each year, and I think these would be in a similar category. RK
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