The weather turned cold, wet and windy today but I couldn't resist a late afternoon look for the Freckled Ducks that had been reported at Lake Lorne in Drysdale (
see map). At 5:15PM it was 11°C, raining and windy but there were ducks galore including (at least) 15 Freckled Duck.
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| Freckled Duck, Lake Lorne, Drysdale |
Also seen were Pacific Black Duck, Hardhead, Chestnut Teal, Australian Wood Duck, Blue-billed Duck and a single Australasian Shoveler (eclipse male, I think, based on the buff coloured patch behind the bill). Terrible photo but in the conditions and with the bird more than 100 metres away I was happy to record my first sighting of this species here.
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| Australasian Shoveler, Lake Lorne, Drysdale |
There are lots of Hoary-headed Grebes on the lake and some cooperated by staying close enough to the bank to be photographed
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| Hoary-headed Grebe, Lake Lorne, Drysdale |
One good thing about the low light conditions is the serendipitous abstract art shots of birds in flight
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| Superb Fairy-wren, Lake Lorne, Drysdale |
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