thanx for that Rohan, that's good to know...I wonder how many of us here
actually knew that??
well, I went up to Hasties today & spent a few hours scouring it, but alas no
Pochards were there when I was there!!
I wish they were, but they weren't...
cheers,
martin cachard,
cairns
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:27:45 +1100
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Hasties Swamp Pochards and Occam's Razor
>
> Hi Carl and Nikolas,
>
> I'm reasonably confident that there are no Red-crested Pochards in
> captivity in Australia.
>
> Australia has strict importation restrictions on birds and this has
> greatly limited what captive birds have entered the country over the
> last 30-40 years. As a result exotic waterfowl kept in Australian
> collections are pretty much limited to species that were established in
> captivity before that time. Off the top of my head the list is....
>
> Egyptian Goose
> Canada Goose
> Mute Swan
> Ruddy Shelduck
> New Zealand (Paradise) Shelduck
> Mandarin Duck
> Carolina Wood Duck
> New Zealand Scaup
> + various domestic forms such as Greylag Goose, Muscovy and Mallard
>
> Cheers,
> Rohan
>
> --
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> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
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