I should have made the qualification that, of course, anyone can count any
bird they want to. I was referring to the ABA rules which, at one time,
disallowed man-assisted birds to be counted.

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" Scott Ray "
" Yakima, WA "
" scray at wolfenet.com "
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-----Original Message-----
From: MARK BILTZ [mailto:vickibiltz at msn.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:02 PM
To: scray at wolfenet.com
Subject: Re: Is the Brown Booby countable as a state bird?


that is what I thought, I just wanted to make sure that newer birders
realized that. Thanks for the answer via tweeeters Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Ray
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:47 PM
To: tweeters
Subject: RE: Is the Brown Booby countable as a state bird?

Vicki,

If a bird's origin is determined to be man-assisted, it is not
countable.

Scott Ray
Yakima
-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of MARK BILTZ
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:22 AM
To: tweeters post
Subject: Is the Brown Booby countable as a state bird?


Tweeters,
This is the big question for me. Although I know the chance of
relocating it is merely by chance, and who knows if he will simply take off;
can we count is as a state bird since it arrived with a cruise ticket in its
bill, so to speak? I want to look for it whether is can be counted or not,
but ........
Vicki Biltz vickibiltz at msn.com