blue-billed duck

My second lifer of the day soon followed. Out on the water was a pretty Blue-billed Duck (with a little party of Hoary-headed Grebes). Blue-billed Duck is one of the six species of stiff-tailed ducks with a world-wide spread (just about) and interestingly they all have blue bills. Pretty...

Only picture I got of this one not great

Blue-billed Duck

For those who don't know, "true blue" is a bit of Aussie lingo, meaning 100% Aussie, a "fair dinkum Aussie" This little male blue-billed duck is true blue. It's endemic to Oz. We had never previously seen one and know that they are rare in South Oz. We had heard they had...

Blue-billed duck Oxyura australis Photographed in Mary Carroll Park, Gosnells, Perth, WA

Another photo of a Blue-billed Duck, this time looking towards the sun.This species is closely related to the Ruddy Duck and the Masked Duck,both found in North America

When I had finished with trying to get my flight shots of the Swans I headed back to the car across a bridge and spotted this bird diving under the water! It looked strange to me so I set myself up near where it had gone under and waited for it to appear! It had this spiky tail and I knew it was...

Shy little duck I have been chasing for a long time

Male Blue-billed Duck in courtship display

Male Blue-billed Duck in courtship pose

This little Blue-billed Duck is a real sweetie. Later on I'll post some more of her, but this is my favourite. The upload software does some weird stuff by way of resizing because of the odd shape of the crop (the 885 x 299 original is marginally sharper) but it seems to look OK just the same...