[birding] duck

[Hendrik Herlyn]

Hi Kaynor,

in Oregon, at least (and elsewhere in the U.S.), any Mandarin Duck in the wild is considered an escapee and therefore not officially listable.

In many parts of Europe, however, this handsome duck has established self-sustaining populations and can be counted on various countries' lists (e.g., in Germany, where I currently languish between stays in Oregon).

Listable or not, it is a spectacular bird.

Happy "ducking"

Hendrik



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Hendrik G. Herlyn

2445 SW Leonard Street, Apt. 5

Corvallis, OR 97333

USA

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--- On Sun, 3/15/09, Kaynor Heineck <kaynor at centurytel.net> wrote:
From: Kaynor Heineck <kaynor at centurytel.net>
Subject: [birding] duck
To: "Birding Willamette Valley" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10:37 AM



 
 

I think I know the answer to this already, but is 
the Mandarin Duck considered an escapee as far as bird listing is 
concerned?
 
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