Mallards? at West Belconnen Pond

[David & Adele Rosalky <>]

Methinks the eBird reviewer meant “provenance” rather than “providence”?

 

From: Lia Battisson [
Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 5:03 PM
To: COG Discussion List <>
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Mallards? at West Belconnen Pond

 

Back to square 1!

 

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From: Julie Clark
Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 1:45 PM
To: COG Chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Mallards? at West Belconnen Pond

Hi All,

 

As a follow-up to my last email I thought other eBird users  might find this information useful ....

 

I had an email from an eBird reviewer in which the following was included -

 

 

As per eBird guidelines we validate mallard if it looks like a wild-type mallard. We do not take providence into account.

 

Again as per the guidelines Mallard (domestic species) refers to barnyard type ducks i.e. ducks that have no resemblance to wild-type mallards.

 

 

Based on that information my eBird entry now reads 'Mallard'.

 

Cheers

A thoroughly confused Birder!

(Julie)

 

 

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Julie Clark <> wrote:

Hi Alastair,

 

My question to the chatline wasn't so much about Ebird as it was about the obvious discrepancy in identifying these birds. It seemed likely to me that the COG group and Kim Larmour saw the same birds but identified them differently. I wanted to know how to tell the difference. I must say the array of information/replies etc was very interesting.

 

Based on your comment I will change my Ebird record to 'Mallard'. Will you be asking the COG outing to do the same?

 

I'm sure you don't want to be pestered by me every time I have a question about a bird.

 

Cheers

Julie

 

 

 

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 12:45 PM, A Smith <> wrote:

Julie

This email was forwarded to me by David McDonald as I don’t subscribe to canberrabirds.

 

If you have an eBird question,  may I suggest you ask the reviewers first, because the advice you have been given here is not really correct.

 

This is what I told David…

 

As per eBird guidelines we validate mallard if it looks like a wild-type mallard. We do not take providence into account.

 

Again as per the guidelines Mallard (domestic species) refers to barnyard type ducks i.e. ducks that have no resemblance to wild-type mallards.

 

Regards

Alastair

 

Alastair Smith

ACT eBird reviewer and hotspot editor

 

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Julie Clark

 

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Julie Clark