I think adding birds that you've only heard to your life list is okay. I'll
admit - I've only got one as I'm not great with bird songs. One I DO know
is the Canyon Wren - heard (many times) but never seen. Sigh.
Laurinda
Mountlake Terrace, WA
(just north of Seattle)
RindaA at worldnet.att.net


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From: <osprey at nwinfo.net>
To: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: heard birds on your life list?


> For many years the ABA listing guidelines said that we had to see a bird
> before we could put it on our life list. Of course, each of us more or
less
> creates our own rules as to how we manage our life lists but it is nice to
> have a set of rules to follow.
>
> After many reports and stories of birders harrassing birds nearly to
death -
> Black Rails, for instance - in order to get a view of them, the ABA
> committee changed the rules to allow "heard" birds to count on our life
> lists. I think that is a great step forward. I write "heard only" when I
> record a bird I only heard when I add it to my list. That bird goes on
> another list, also - the "need a better look (or a first look)" list.
>
> Denny Granstrand
> Yakima, WA
>
> Denny Granstrand
>
>