Re: Flammulated Owl at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station


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Posted by Bill Pranty on 20:00:30 12/10/14

In Reply to: Re: flammulated owl at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station posted by Toe

The ABA Recording Standards and Ethics Committee recently revised its rules concerning rehabbed birds.

The key new phrase this:

"A bird is considered under the influence of captivity after its release until it regains the activities and movements of a bird that has not been captured."

Taken literally -- as listers often do -- the Flam could be considered countable three seconds after it is released so long an an observer feels that the owl flew in a manner befitting a non-captive.

No word yet on when caged but flying birds can be countable.




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