The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America lists Mandarin Duck as Exotic Waterfowl, and as such, they are considered escapees from zoos or private collections even if they are found free-flying. Meaning you won't find them on the official checklist of North American Birds. In my opinion, they're worth chasing nonetheless. So this morning I went looking for the male Mandarin Duck that was found by Doug Niwa on 29 December 2014 in Canby Community Park. The bonus bird of the day was a single Black Phoebe that posed for me at length.    

The Mandarin Duck was found from the trail at the red map point below, the Black Phoebe at the green map point:

The duck was difficult to find. It spends a lot of time behind brush that hangs over the stream. If it hadn't called I probably wouldn't have located it. Eight Images:

Shortly after my original post, it was kindly pointed out to me by a highly regarded birder that the male Mandarin Duck is accompanied by a female of the same species in most of my photos! That's a very embarrassing miss for me.  She's on the left in the photo below:

Female on the left again here - black bill and white line extending behind the eye:

Female on the right - I think you get the picture now :-)

The bonus bird - Black Phoebe:

I also forgot to ask what shouldn't be in the picture above - Hint: the photo was taken on the ninth day of winter

A FEW IMAGES OF THE AREA AND OTHER SPECIES

I think the young man below caught his limit for the day:

Double-crested Cormorant:

Killdeer:

Red-tailed Hawk:

Look for the phoebe here:

Belted Kingfisher:

Looking west toward the area where the Mandarin Duck was eventually found.

My complete eBird report for this visit lists 21 species ;-)