[obol] Escaped birds

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

      The Trumpeter Swans at Malheur were
(re?)introduced. Of course that was decades
ago so everyone counts them. What about
novel populations of Whooping Crane. When do
they start counting? After the first egg
hatches in the wild? I don't think I would
derive a lot of satisfaction from such a bird.

     In the case of the Red-breasted Goose, we
have a well documented history of a nearby captive
flock and the math adds up. It was none-the-less
a thrill for me to pull it out of a flock of several
thousand Cacklers. Things don't have to count to
be fun.
      As for Alan's Barnacle Goose, John Adair raised
them for decades on South 53rd Street. 25 years ago
they may still have been a going thing. The ponds are
dry now. I'll give him a ring to find out just when
he quit keeping such pets. His son was my best friend
and I spent a great deal of time around there at one
point. John Sr provided Peter Scott of the Wildfowl Trust
in Slimbridge England with the original Black Brant
in the collection.   Lars Norgren
On Feb 4, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Alan Contreras wrote:

> Good thoughts.  I did mean Trumpeter Swan; there is some discussion 
> about
> how many of the birds wandering around the upper Midwest are 
> "countable"
> based on the usual factors.
>
> -- 
> Alan Contreras
> EUGENE, OREGON
> acontrer at mindspring.com
>
>
>
>> From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill at teleport.com>
>> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:23:36 -0800
>> To: Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>, obol
>> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
>> Cc: "SGMlod at aol.com" <SGMlod at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [obol] Escaped birds
>>
>> Alan:  This is the position that I would advocate at the OBRC in 
>> regard to
>> the issues that you raised.  My comments are interspersed with yours. 
>>  Jeff.
>>
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