At 05:23 PM 2/18/97 -0800, you wrote:
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>If memory serves...
>A Bar-headed Goose (native to India) was reported near Stevenson last year.
>It sounds to me like there might be a leaky aviary somewhere in the
>Stevenson area.
>There are some legitimate Fulvous Whistling Duck records for the Pacific
>Northwest (11 in Coos Bay,OR,Feb 1974), but they are also popular Aviary
>birds.
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The bird seen near Stevenson was a Ruddy Shelduck, not a Whistling Duck.
This bird breeds in central Asia near rivers, lakes and open grasslands in
its native habitats. I also suspect this bird may have come from local aviary.