Couple more for your lists: birds from bed, birds in dreams (I have a healthy count in both).

Also, the Eight-Hundred Club denotes American birders who are so wealthy they don't have to work, they only bird. They monitor NARBA (the North American Rare Bird Alert) constantly, and fly off as soon as a report is made to see a rarity. 800 birds in North America is something most of us can just dream of; being in the 800 Club involves several trips to Attu.

I think the American equivalent of an armchair tick is "getting a bird in the mail"--i.e. when your copy of Birding arrives with news of recent splits.

Ta muchly Richard, I'm delighted to be your inspiration! I feel much better now that I know some of the jargon (so I can impress people at parties?!), but I think I'll stay a non-birder if I have no hope of ever seeing anything better than a Tart's Tick...!