Paul Longland
Well-known member
Perhaps a more interesting question would be to ask who found who?
If I am sitting at home looking out into my garden and (hypothetically, and occasionally in my dreams) something mega hops up onto the fence then proceeds to gorge itself on the feeders/bird table or whatever, is that a self found bird? After all I have done nothing, except put out a few morsels, which I do as a matter of course for the local residents, so would it not be a case that the bird has found me rather than the other way around?
Just because I may be able to identify it without recourse to internet posts or having to ask a birding friend unlike some of the recent rarities that have turned up in non birders gardens still doesn't mean that I "found" the bird. I have only put a name to it. On the other hand what if I could not ID it does the person who can claim a "self-found".
If I am sitting at home looking out into my garden and (hypothetically, and occasionally in my dreams) something mega hops up onto the fence then proceeds to gorge itself on the feeders/bird table or whatever, is that a self found bird? After all I have done nothing, except put out a few morsels, which I do as a matter of course for the local residents, so would it not be a case that the bird has found me rather than the other way around?
Just because I may be able to identify it without recourse to internet posts or having to ask a birding friend unlike some of the recent rarities that have turned up in non birders gardens still doesn't mean that I "found" the bird. I have only put a name to it. On the other hand what if I could not ID it does the person who can claim a "self-found".
