Re: Mandarin Ducks

["Richard Wood" <rwoodphd at msn dot com>]

I think that counting a species or not counting it has nothing to do with the rules.  You're implying that someone is unethical if they count "uncountable" species. To me, what is unethical was the behavior of some birders in Texas who were in a national wildlife refuge after it was closed for the night.  They were there seeking out an Elf Owl.

 

Richard

----- Original Message -----

From: Summers

To: birdtalk@utahbirds.org

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:38 PM

Subject: [BirdTalk] Mandarin Ducks

The Mandarin Duck has not been accepted to the North American list by the American Ornithologists Union Checklist Committee or the American Birding Association Checklist Committee, anywhere in North America. If you want to play by the ?rules? you can not count this species anywhere in North America, whether you find them breeding or not. If you don?t care about the ?rules? there are a lot of exotics out there to add to your North American list that have been around for a long time!  Your lists are personal and you can count whatever you want on them, that is until you submit any list for publication and then you should play by the rules of whoever your submitting your list to. In most cases that would be according to whatever the A.O.U. or A.B.A. accepts.

 

Steve Summers