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  1. Fancy Pants

    Fancy Pants

    It looks like this Grey Teal is showing off some rather pretty knickers, doesn't it. I'm rather fond of this picture for some reason.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

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    • anas gracilis grey teal laratinga wetlands mt barker south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Busy place

    Busy place

    Making his way towards the Pink-eared Duck was a Red-kneed Dotterel, quietly passing a foraging Grey Teal. There was plenty going on that morning! I was pleased to see the dotterel though, as I don't think I'd seen one for ages!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia erythrogonys cinctus grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth red-kneed dotterel western australia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. A sleepy pair

    A sleepy pair

    Moving on a yard or two was a Grey Teal dozing away with a Pink-eared Duck, who wasn't displaying a pink ear!
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia grey teal lake claremont malacorhynchus membranaceus nikon coolpix p900 november perth pink-eared duck western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Chestnut Teal

    Chestnut Teal

    Chestnut Teal (m)
    • thunor
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    • anas gracilis chestnut teal (m)
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

    • peterday
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    • anas gracilis grey teal laratinga wetlands mt barker south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Black and grey

    Black and grey

    The close positioning of these ducks allowed for a good comparison between Pacific Black Duck and Grey Teal, with the black duck being so much darker. It's sometimes not easy to confidently ID the black duck unless you see the obvious facial markings. At least that's my difficulty LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide anas gracilis anas superciliosa australia grey teal laratinga wetlands nikon coolpix p900 october pacific black duck south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. He doesn't look at all grey!!

    He doesn't look at all grey!!

    I still remain a little puzzled as to why he's call Grey Teal. Guess someone knows though LOL. He was on the same lake as the Chestnut Teal I showed you the other day... unlike that one this Grey Teal sighting was my first of the trip, though I was now to see many more. I think they're quite...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide anas gracilis australia grey teal laratinga wetlands nikon coolpix p900 october south australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Nice eyes

    Nice eyes

    I'd not really noticed the Grey Teal's eye colour before this picture. Rather attractive, aren't they.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 grey teal october queensland sandy camp road wetlands
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

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    • anas gracilis grey teal laratinga wetlands south australia
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Plump

    Plump

    ... that's how my book describes the Australian Shelduck. My second Lifer of the morning... and I got a pair of them too (with a Grey Teal getting in on the act LOL)
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia australian shelduck grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth tadorna tadornoides western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Uniform

    Uniform

    That word seemed to be the word of the day for my bird book... they used it three times in the opening sentence describing this little duck LOL. It doesn't look very 'grey' to me, but the book says 'uniformly greyish-brown. I thought the scientific name might mean 'gracefull' but it actually...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth western australia
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Dotty

    Dotty

    Strangely another which was the first I'd seen since the first day out with Peter and Adrienne. I'm guessing we just didn't get to the right places for them in the Albany area. Lovely wee waders these, aren't they. He's with a Grey Teal in case you're wondering.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia erythrogonys cinctus grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth red-kneed dotterel western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Peaceful

    Peaceful

    Dozing quietly were a few Grey Teal with a Pink-eared Duck, the first one I'd seen since my first day out with Peter & Adrienne in South Australia.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia grey teal lake claremont malacorhynchus membranaceus nikon coolpix p900 november perth pink-eared duck western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Little and Large

    Little and Large

    Just along from the night heron a much larger Australian Ibis, with a Grey Teal for company.
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia australian ibis grey teal lake claremont nikon coolpix p900 november perth threskiornis molucca western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Pelly and friends

    Pelly and friends

    A little distant, and a big zoom and crop thereafter too, were this group (well only a little part of it really). In there is an Australian Pelican, three Black Swans and a load of Grey Teal.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia australian pelican black swan cygnus atratus denmark grey teal morley beach nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus western australia wilson's inlet
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Grey....

    Grey....

    .... well sort of LOL This was now my first Lifer of the day, a Grey Teal. Both adults are the same. However, they do look rather like a female Chestnut Teal, but they lack the whitish plumage round the throat which the Grey shows.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide anas gracilis australia grey teal laratinga nikon coolpix p900 october south australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. The Grey

    The Grey

    .... but not Gandalf LOL Wandering along to another lake, there was a Grey Teal sitting on a fallen branch. Sweet wee ducks these.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia brisbane fuji finepix hs50 grey teal october queensland sandy camp road wetlands
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

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    • anas gracilis grey teal
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  20. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

    Back to Australia, temporarily. These birds always seem to have a delightfully innocent and good-natured expression!
    • peterday
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    • anas gracilis grey teal
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Duck gallery.

    Duck gallery.

    Not the sharpest photo but I did like getting the three species lined up!
    • peterday
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    • anas gracilis anas rhynchotis australasian shoveler aythya australis grey teal hardhead spatula rhynchotis
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

    The last in my trio of duck photos. The Grey Teal is not as spectacular as the Chestnut, but it's one of my favourites!
    • peterday
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    • anas gracilis grey teal
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Grey Teal and Black-fronted Dotterel

    Grey Teal and Black-fronted Dotterel

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    • anas gracilis black-fronted dotterel elseyornis melanops grey teal
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  24. 'Can't hide from me!'

    'Can't hide from me!'

    Hi all, just sharing one that I took on a visit to my favourite place, (my getaway) I had been watching a whole heap of birds and spotted the male Shoveler but couldn't find the female, then I saw the orange legs and she could 'hide no mor' LOL. A species that I have wanted to see close up for a...
    • Nora
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    • anas gracilis anas rhynchotis australasian shovelers grey teals spatula rhynchotis
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  25. Grey Teal

    Grey Teal

    A regular resident at Laratinga.
    • peterday
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    • anas gracilis grey teal
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