Release of ornamental ducks

[David Geering <>]

        Glen Holmes wrote "Statistical considerations point most definitely
to the deliberate or
        accidental release of ornamental waterfowl somewhere round Grafton.
Since
collectors are known in NSW (e.g. Taree) "

I too thought this but enquires (the results of which I previously put on
birding-aus) suggested this to be extremely unlikely.  Northern hemisphere
duck, with the exception of Mandarin Duck, are very rare, or more probably
non-existent, in Australian collections.  I know the duck enthusiast in
Taree and he does not have either Pintails or Northern Shovellers in this
collection.  

However, I do like the thought of all those twitchers making a pilgrimage to
see what could have turned out to be a glorified Muscovy.

Cheers

David Geering

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