I'd like to join in but as I've said before I don't have a garden and had problems with odd looks and comments last time I did this as I added birds by standing out the front in the car park.
So instead, to avoid wrongful arrest as much as anything, I'll post here a list of the birds seen/heard on or from my city block.
45 species from an hour's walk today (the list is on the 'Jan 1st joint BF effort' thread).
Birding in general here is regarded as an um... 'novelty'. Wandering about with bins out the front became a very uncomfortable experience for me as I was approached several times by complete strangers demanding to know what I was doing. The alternative is that I post a list compiled entirely from sitting indoors. In this murderous heat that is quite an attractive option right now, but it won't always be like this; even by our usual summer standards we're having a heat wave.Or just practice your ninja birding skills, birding whilst appearing to be doing something else like changing a car tyre/camouflaged as a newspaper stand, that kind of thing ...
I won't rise to the challenge and post my Cornwall list as a proxy for the real thing ( ), not been keeping a list really but did see Blackcap out of the window this morning, and had Grey Wagtail and Black Redstart last week!
So instead, to avoid wrongful arrest as much as anything, I'll post here a list of the birds seen/heard on or from my city block.
How far does the block extent from your residence? For flat dwellers, I'd guess the easiest way to stay within the virtually non-existent very loose rules of this thread would be to maintain a list of birds seen whilst within sight of your block (?)
"In, from and over" is usually the normal garden listing mantra ( if the word 'normal' relates to anything birders do ). :t:
Chris
I agre, but was offering flexibility for our flat-based chum for Ox - I guess he doesn't get too many species 'in' ...and even 'over' would suppose he's tangling out of the window, probably the ground floor occupants wouldn't appreciate the splat of a Chowchilla as he hit the ground adjacent to their window
......... for Ox ........ [
Castlemaine doing milk now? :eek!:
Chris
We can now count species of cow?
I don't know it's exact size but would estimate about half a kilometre by three quarters, though most of it is inaccessible. I was thinking of strictly confining myself to, as Chris says anything seen or heard on or from the block as a way of delineating a strict boundary around my home that is clearly understood by others.How far does the block extent from your residence? For flat dwellers, I'd guess the easiest way to stay within the virtually non-existent very loose rules of this thread would be to maintain a list of birds seen whilst within sight of your block (?)
I'm building up to the idea of a Cairns or Wet Tropics list whenever my mad busy life calms down a bit, but want to include all other living things similar to what AlexC is doing under 'lists'. I was thinking of confining myself to the city block with just the birds but also this hypothetical future list as it denotes clear boundaries even though the 'Nade is only a stone's throw away.Your list mate ( if it was me I'd include The Esplinade, Kuranda and the bloody Daintree ) :t:
Chris
Actually my 'garden' list consists of well over 100 species, but I don't work at it as that involves sitting in my study staring out the window. I'd much rather be out in some superb habitat a stone's throw away.I guess he doesn't get too many species 'in' ...and even 'over' would suppose he's tangling out of the window, probably the ground floor occupants wouldn't appreciate the splat of a Chowchilla as he hit the ground adjacent to their window