Joe What about S Texas? Ira Sanders On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 8:34 AM Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Instead of succumbing to the usual Sunday morning ennui and hunger pangs, > I explored the topic of reporting "Muscovy Duck" on eBird checklists. > > * See below for links to recipes. > > ** There is a whole page of information in the eBird Help section about > all the ins and outs of the three ways to report MUDU on an eBird checklist. > > To boil it down (see below for links to recipes*), ebird distinguishes > among three categories (aka "flavors") of "Muscovy Duck". > > 1) Muscovy Ducks happily inhabit Central and South America. "Happily", > that is, except for the frightened and thus secretive ones hunted for sport > and/or food.** > ebird wants those reported as: > "Muscovy Duck (*Cairina moschata*)". > So if you are birding in Costa Rica where Muscovy Ducks "belong", that is > the way to report them and thereby add them to your Costa Rica list. None > in this "wild" category can be seen in Colorado and if reported to eBird, > will not appear on your Colorado eBird list. > > 2) In a very few parts of the world, eg, South Florida (and Portugal of > all places), Muscovy Ducks have well-established, stable, breeding > populations and are properly reported as: > Muscovy Duck (Established Feral) (*Cairina moschata* (Established Feral)) > (Notice the sweet use of the double end parentheses marks). (Or sweet and > sour, I suppose). > In those widely separated locales, Muscovy Duck is "countable" on your > Florida or Portuguese list. > > 3) Finally the Muscovy Ducks that we see in Colorado are properly > reported as: > Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) (*Cairina moschata* (Domestic type)) > These ducks may have been present at a location for many years, but they > are *not* considered "established" in the ornithological sense of the > word - "many generations of a stable or growing population of breeding > birds, free of re-introductions". They will not appear on your eBird > checklist. > > So, yes, enjoy gazing at these embarrassed, red-faced, plump waterfowl, > and recognize that > they belong in the same category as Colorado's Mandarin Ducks, Black Swans > and Mute Swans. > > > This is a good time to set your oven to 400 degrees F. > > * https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1569-roast-muscovy-duck > When roasted, the duck undergoes the well-known "Maillard reaction", > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction, > bringing out delicious, savory flavors. Named after French chemist > Louis-Camille > Maillard and not to be confused with the "Mallard reaction". > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Camille_Maillard> > > > https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/pan-roasted-muscovy-duck-breast-with-a-clementine-tomatillo-sauce-recipe-1924675 > > "When young, these ducks are considered very good eating, with lean, > tender meat, with a taste more like veal than other duck. (Previously I had > assumed that they "taste like chicken"). As a Muscovy Duck gets old, its > flesh can get stringy and acquire a musky taste and odor. > > ** > https://help.ebird.org/customer/en/portal/articles/2259953-reporting-muscovy-ducks-to-ebird?b_id=1928 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUANj8tLd1YPAPOQ1%2B7u5srkPv6LfWRyhXHMP22kQZCeGw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUANj8tLd1YPAPOQ1%2B7u5srkPv6LfWRyhXHMP22kQZCeGw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siGGM0JfkfbrmyUWg_iVq71nURF--9-%3DUcYUZZpbdL1yCw%40mail.gmail.com.
