I keep so many lists (automatically through the birding software I use) but I guess the ones I care about most, in order, are Life (world), ABA, Current State/County Lists, other states... It's getting harder and harder to get life birds in the US (unless I go to Alaska or S. Texas) so most of my "birding related" trips, which also tend to coincide with photography interests, tend to be abroad. My last one was South Africa in 2008 which netted about 330 life birds, 50 or so life mammals, and a whole host of cool experiences. Next i'm pondering seriously Thailand next year, because there are significant numbers of entire families that would be brand new, having never birded Asia before (Pittas, Spiderhunters, Broadbills, Frogmouths, Leafbirds, Flowerpeckers, etc)... Having just moved to a new state late last year though, building my Kansas and Missouri lists will be an interesting venture over the coming years as well as the appropriate county lists. Finally have started to have the time to get out birding so have started to build some lists for a few Kansas counties. Looking forward to migration, which starts in Kansas a few weeks earlier than it does in Minnesota. So I guess in general i'd rather have a life bird, but i'm always interested in state and county birds too... Chris On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:22:20 -0500, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: Occasionally one's mind wanders at work (studying for the Easter message, > hope it doesn't wander too much). > > At one point in my birding "career", I was most interested in life birds. > Then, for many years, it became state birds (Wisconsin, then Minnesota). > > Now I find myself more conscious of county birds than either life or state. > > Which leads to my question (probably for listers only): would you rather > have a life bird, state bird or county bird (or some other kind of list)? > > Thanks! > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >
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