What is a yard bird? (1 Viewer)

[steveo]

No wise crack answers please esp. involving Clapton.
Question 1. Does the yard(garden) include all owned property or is there a square footage that is a standard "yard" or garden or whatever.
2. Do the boundaries extend straight up(heightwise) to 200 feet {how would you measure that}. Last year I had a small raptor harassing a osprey in spring and it was a flyover and could have been 300 feet or 700 I have no clue but they did fly over my yard, also had an osprey flew over at 1/5 that height I guess around 80 or so feet would you tick either of these what are your own general rules about this.

 

[KC Foggin]

Well, it's really what you choose. I don't believe there are any straight guidelines on this. Some count any bird they can see from standing in their yard and others count only those that are in the perimeter of their yard. Same applies to sky counts.

 

[fugl]

Absolutely, what KC says: there are no rules. Me, I count everything I can see or hear in sight of the yard, whether I’m actually in the latter or not.



[I have 2 Kindles--KII & Kdx--& love them both]

 

[Reuven_M]

I include everything I can see while I am in the yard, where the bird is is not relevant.

 

[mrmanning]

I only count yard or patch birds if I see them in those locales. I saw two sandhill cranes flying over my local patch in the spring, but I didn't count them in my local patch count because the birds weren't in the patch nor did they have any intention of being there, they were simply flying over. But there are no rules to this like others have stated.

 

[njlarsen]

For me personally, I count anything I can see while being anywhere on the property. The two most extreme species on that list would however be included no matter if a more narrow definition was applied, they both were sitting in a couple of the nearest trees to the veranda.

I think that is a common way of doing it. It has, however, some interesting consequences, if one should happen to live next to a country border: you may have a species on your yard list that you do not have on your country list (for country, I am adamant that the bird has to be in or at least above the country you want to count it in).

Cheers
Niels