[obol] Re: Mandarin Duck in Tualatin
- From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:55:10 -0700
There was a female hanging out in Dawson Creek (corporate) Park near the
Hillsboro Public Library a couple weeks ago. It was initially found by
Steve Nord, and then observed for days afterward by many others - sometimes
flying in and/or out of the area.
Reports showed up on the eBird alerts - but a species search on eBird for
Mandarin Duck in Oregon yield no results. Unlike a search for Northern
Bobwhite which turns up the following results:
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norbob?neg=true&env.minX=-133.05215502232704&env.minY=38.98952107380198&env.maxX=-107.32217455357704&env.maxY=48.6875197135685&zh=true&gp=true&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2014
I am hoping someone will opine as to why Northern Bobwhite is considered
(by eBird) a more likely vagrant than Mandarin Duck in western Oregon.
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Noticed many reports of this bird. It must just be an escapee- right? I
> imagine there could be eBird reports though?
>
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:23 PM, M E French <m.french512@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Doug Niwa and I got some good looks at a male Mandarin Duck today at
>> Sweek Pond in Tualatin. Spotted it before this afternoon wind storm,
>> didn't see it much after the weather turned nasty.
>>
>> Doug's eBird report is here:
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20335834
>>
>> Doug's Flickr page with some photos and maps is here:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/43birds/
>>
>> Sweek Pond is surrounded by vegetation, so difficult to get more than a
>> glimpse of the duck.
>>
>> Mary French and Doug Niwa
>>
>
>
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Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
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