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  1. Mother love

    Mother love

    Moving along this lake a little, the water became more open and there at the edge of the reeds was a female Musk Duck with her duckling. This is a rather unusual species, the male looking really rather odd... you'll see him later. My first Lifer of the day and was just most unexpected.
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    • 2019 albany australia biziura lobata female and duckling musk duck nikon coolpix p900 november seppings pond western australia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. The complex ones

    The complex ones

    We'd now got round the bay and stopped at Steppings Pond. Which seems to hold quite a number of species, and plenty of them too. Here's some Maned Duck, taking absolutely no notice of us, enjoying the taste of fresh grass. Yes, very complex. They can't decide if they ducks or geese, for...
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    • 2019 albany australia chenonetta jubata maned duck nikon coolpix p900 november seppings pond western australia
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Musky

    Musky

    Moving a bit further along the pond, the water became less overgrown and there on the far side, was my first Lifer of the day. Musk Duck and not only that but it was an adult (female I think) feeding a duckling. A rather odd looking species, particularly the male. Oh joy!
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    • albany biziura lobata musk duck seppings pond western australia
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. One from home

    One from home

    .... except it's a different subspecies LOL! Not far from the Maned Ducks I spotted this Eurasian Coot foraging away on the grass too.
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    • 2019 albany australia eurasian coot fulica atra australis nikon coolpix p900 november seppings pond western australia
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Duck/goose

    Duck/goose

    Maned or wood!! What a confused bird this one is, with so many names. As we moved slowly along the length of Seppings Pond we came across this pair of Maned Ducks on the wide grass bank in front of the water. This is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus, so quite an unusual bird.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia australian wood duck chenonetta jubata maned duck maned goose nikon coolpix p900 november seppings pond western australia
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Ibis galore

    Ibis galore

    We'd now made our way to the other side of Albany and looked in at Seppings Pond, a longish pond and this was a rather overgrown end. On the far bank were loads, and I mean loads of Ibis. Both species, Straw-necked and Australian. This was the first time I'd seen both species together. Can you...
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ibis nikon coolpix p900 november seppings pond straw-necked ibis threskiornis molucca threskiornis spinicollis western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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