Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Rotarran on May 20, 2013, 10:02:52 PM
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I saw 2 Muscovy Ducks on Saturday at Toogood Pond in Markham. They appeared to be breeding. Doesn't seem like it's a countable bird in Canada but I do count it on my own personal list. I figure if it's a bird that successfully survives and breeds in the wild, I don't see a reason for exclusion. In the United States, for example, it is a countable bird for birders....at least according to Wikipedia.
Anyway, either way you look at it, it's still an interesting sighting.
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I saw them yesterday too!! :D I was quite surprised because they do look like and walk like domesticated animals.. !
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That was posted by my younger and more naive self ;)
Yeah they've probably been placed there by the city of Markham as decorative birds. Many ponds, parks and golf courses have interesting semi-domesticated birds. Sometimes it can be a bit misleading, especially to beginner birders such as myself back in 2013.
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They are only countable in the US in very specific locations where they are essentially wild, such in south Texas.