ABA +1

Back on March 29th, when I got lifer White-winged Parakeet & LaSagra's Flycatcher, we stopped by The U(University of Miami Hurricanes), to look for Spot Breasted Oriole atop the palms. No such luck, but there where several of these ducks we took pictures of. I always had considered them domestic non-countable birds, unless you saw them on the Rio Grand River at Salineno, TX. That's where I got my life Muscovy on March 31, 1991. What where you doing then?  I got White-collard Seedeater that day too, in San Yanacio, TX.

So, in Florida Muscovy Ducks are ABA countable.  That means you can count them on your life list.  It's perfectly fair.  Just as fair as counting any other bird.  Once birds that were introduced become very established in a state, they're ABA countable.  eBird came up Muscovy Duck (Florida feral type) so that it can count on people's ebird life lists.

Muscovy Duck FOY

The U . . . thanks for losing that bowl game!!

 This puts my #BIGYEAR2014 number at #359 for the year!!

#359  Muscovy Duck--3/29/14


Next up:  #2014BigYear review