[Tweeters] Mandarin Duck - Please Go Away

[Steve Hampton]

eBird says they are working on this issue but it seems they've been saying
that for several years.



On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 6:12 PM HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:


> In talking with members of the RBC I was asked to report a rare bird that

> I saw.  While the "look" was pretty good it wasn't definitive and there

> were no pictures.  But they wanted the record, even rejected, because if a

> number of even "rejects" show up in a given area it might be worth a look.

>

>

> Hal Michael

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

> Olympia WA

> 360-459-4005

> 360-791-7702 (C)

> ucd880 at comcast.net

>

> > On 02/19/2022 3:22 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA <plkoyama at comcast.net> wrote:

> >

> >

> > I realize one's list is whatever one wants it to be, but isn't it the

> AOU/Cornell gang that determines what is "countable?"  You know, after lots

> of meetings, discussions, and voting?  Just as with our own State Bird

> Records Committee (BRC), which decides what species will be accepted for

> state records, and which will be rejected for lack of evidence?

> >

> > I know their rules are complicated and changing (e.g., you no longer

> have to strike an exotic species from your list if it has been extirpated

> from the area in which you saw it) but there are rules for uniformity, and,

> I suppose competitive comparisons.

> >

> > So, wouldn't the State BRC be the folks who determine the status of the

> Mandarin Duck?  Or does that AOU make the first move?

> > Penny Koyama, Bothell

> >

> >

> > > On 02/19/2022 3:02 PM John Seiferth <john.seiferth at icloud.com> wrote:

> > >

> > >

> > > +1

> > >

> > >

> > > > On Feb 19, 2022, at 14:47, HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Seems to me, as someone who has worked in natural resource

> management for my career, that I want an all-inclusive list.  If it was

> seen and properly identified it gets listed.

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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