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ABA Recording Rules (as amended 1999)
Members who submit lifelist and annual list totals to the American 
Birding Association for publication in the annual ABA List Report 
must observe the ABA Recording Rules. Many non-members who enjoy 
maintaininglists find these rules useful.

A bird included in totals submitted for ABA lists must have been 
encountered in accordance with the following ABA Recording Rules.
(1) The bird must have been within the prescribed area and time-
period when encountered.
(2) The bird must have been a species currently accepted by the ABA 
Checklist Committee for lists within its area, or by the A.O.U. Checklist 
for lists outside the ABA area and within the A.O.U. area, or by Clements 
for all other areas.
(3) The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained when encountered.
(4) Diagnostic field-marks for the bird, sufficient to identify to species, 
must have been seen AND/OR HEARD [emphasis added] and/or documented by 
the recorder at the time of the encounter.
(5) The bird must have been encountered under conditions that conform 
to the ABA Code of Birding Ethics.

-- 
Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
celata at pacifier.com  
 
Malheur NWR Photo Essay
http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/mbalame/archives/2007/05/malheur200705.html