I keep a life list but I fail to see the point or fun of keeping a year list. It just seems to make bird watching more stressful to me and means it becomes little more than a race and would seem to make birding rather predictable.
Why do people on here keep a year list ? Is it an extension of the joys of childhood i.e such as collecting football stickers every year and seeing if you can fill the album year after year. Like football stickers and other annual hobbies, does it not become rather boring after a few years ? To me a life list is a celebration of an individual's birding life and should be cherished as such. However, what is the point of selecting a random period of time, in this case a year, and making a list from it just for the sake of making a list ?
Why do people on here keep a year list ? Is it an extension of the joys of childhood i.e such as collecting football stickers every year and seeing if you can fill the album year after year. Like football stickers and other annual hobbies, does it not become rather boring after a few years ? To me a life list is a celebration of an individual's birding life and should be cherished as such. However, what is the point of selecting a random period of time, in this case a year, and making a list from it just for the sake of making a list ?