Couldn't agree with you more!
Who said I wasn't playing by the "RULES"? Just thought people might be interested in knowing that Mandarin Ducks are on the loose in Logan!!!!
Thank you for all the responses I got back from people on the discussion group. Really helps to have such a network of knowledgeable birders out there.
Stephen Peterson
Logan, UT
From: "Summers" <summers@cedarcity.net>
Reply-To: "Summers" <summers@cedarcity.net>
To: <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Subject: [BirdTalk] Mandarin Ducks
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:38:22 -0600
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