Hi Alan,
Maybe you can ask him to write a detailed BARC submission? Maybe with
sketches (as there are no photos)? I am still suspicious - especially the
comment 'I might not have recognised the female if it were not for the
male.' may indicate that he is not an experienced birder as a well seen
(may this wasn't the case) female R-C Pochard is unique as well.
Cheers,
Nikolas
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On 28/10/14 7:45 AM, "Alan Gillanders" <>
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>The observer is Welsh born and raised and was a birder watcher before
>coming to Australia. I did not ask him about how he ruled out the other
>species.
>Alan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dimitris Bertzeletos
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 09:40 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Hasties Swamp Pochards and Occam's Razor
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>From:
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>Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Hasties Swamp Pochards and Occam's Razor
>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:35:59 +0200
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>Hello all,
>
>First off I have no idea how experienced the observer is with north
>hemisphere ducks. So if they have considerable experience and the
>identity
>is beyond doubt- a male Red-crested is unmistakable in full breeding
>plumage- please ignore this post.
>
>But considering that the only diving duck from the north hemisphere
>depicted
>in any Australian field guides is the R-c Pochard and the extreme
>unlikelihood of northern diving ducks reaching Australia in the first
>place
>(not unlikely but most don't migrate as far south as dabbling species). I
>am
>wondering if the the other red-headed diving ducks of the north
>hemisphere
>been considered (Common Pochard, Redhead, Canvasback) and Eurasian Wigeon?
>
>Cheers,
>
>D.
>
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:27:45 +1100
>> From:
>> To:
>> 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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