PlayFreeBird
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I recently returned to Boston after decades in Los Angeles. So the life list got a boost! I recently went to the shore and got 3 more in a day, reaching 349. It got me enthused again and I started surfing about, wondering what to go for for the 350th.
And then, lo and behold, a new bird appeared on the sofa!
Yup, I discovered the Red-crowned Parrot had been listed while I was oblivious. I checked my diary, and sure enough I had one recorded at the back (for just such an occasion). A legalistic scrutiny of the ABA counting rules followed. Not a whole lot of information on retroactive counting.
AFAICT you can't count an extirpated exotic after the date of extermination, but there is no word on when you can start counting. The ABA judges whether a population is established, but the population is not established by ABA's fiat, they are just accepting a fact. So it looks like as long as I believe the parrot was a wild-born member of the population now established, I'm righteous. Number 350.
JG
And then, lo and behold, a new bird appeared on the sofa!
Yup, I discovered the Red-crowned Parrot had been listed while I was oblivious. I checked my diary, and sure enough I had one recorded at the back (for just such an occasion). A legalistic scrutiny of the ABA counting rules followed. Not a whole lot of information on retroactive counting.
AFAICT you can't count an extirpated exotic after the date of extermination, but there is no word on when you can start counting. The ABA judges whether a population is established, but the population is not established by ABA's fiat, they are just accepting a fact. So it looks like as long as I believe the parrot was a wild-born member of the population now established, I'm righteous. Number 350.
JG
