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 > From: rohan@wildlifeimages.com.au > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > 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 > > — > Rohan Clarke > www.wildlifeimages.com.au > > Latest updates > http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/root&view=recent > > >
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