Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!nmtsun!john From: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Advice wanted on Florida Birding Summary: American Birding Assn. info Message-ID: <3593@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Date: 3 Dec 89 01:19:39 GMT References: Reply-To: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Organization: Zoological Data Processing Lines: 34 Mark Paul Krenitsky (mk2r+@andrew.cmu.edu) writes: +--- | ...I realize that "listing" is taboo among real birdwatchers +--- What do you mean by ``real birdwatchers?'' Among professional ornithologists this may be partly true (though many are ABA members), but most of the ``real'' birdwatchers I know keep at least some lists. I list for two reasons---for competition, yes, but also because listing is a good way to insure that I bird in the widest variety of habitats and seasons. +--- | ...where precisely does the ABA define the limits of where | you can "count" birds? +--- From the latest issue of ``Winging It,'' the ABA newsletter: ``ABA area: Canada and the 49 continental United States, St. Pierre et Miquelon, and their adjacent waters to a distance of 200 miles, or half the distance to a non-included area, whichever is less. The southern limit offshore to the west is the latitude of the Mexican border.'' There is a ``Birder's Guide to Florida,'' which should be available from ABA sales (800-634-7736). Olin Sewall Pettengill's ``Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi'' is another good source, and will include Atlanta. -- John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico john@nmtsun.nmt.edu, ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john ``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.'' [Dave Farber] Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com