It's funny that Mandarins are "know" to be escapees when they have been breeding in CA for decades.


Hal Michael
Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
Olympia WA
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> On 02/19/2022 9:23 PM Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> Mandarin Duck is not considered countable anywhere in the ABA - it is not on the CA list.

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> All Mandarin Ducks in the ABA area are pretty much assumed to be escapees.

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> On the eBird front, it will be a while but eBird central is at work on an 'exotics' status marking for birds like Mandarin Duck -once implemented we'll no longer see these on eBird alerts, I believe -; they can be listed by observers and will not be counted on list totals - I think they'll still show up on lists, but down at the bottom in a different list.

> It is a big endeavor to get the codes right for all different regions in the world, and the codes are more complex than a yes/no binary. Last I heard, the hope is still to get this done this year….

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> Matt Bartels

> Seattle, WAA

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> > On Feb 19, 2022, at 11:53 AM, HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> > It is established in at least California. I haven't searched for it but how sure are folks that it is an escapee and not a wanderer from down South?

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> > Hal Michael

> > Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)

> > Olympia WA

> > 360-459-4005

> > 360-791-7702 (C)

> > ucd880 at comcast.net