This medium-sized duck is more like a goose, with its shorter beak. Over the last few days, I’ve been seeing this lone female in our neighbour’s paddock. These ducks prefer to forage on land.

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Their breeding season is just starting. Perhaps her mate is preparing a nesting hole in a nearby tree. I hope so.

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Thanks for looking.

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Birds

Chenonetta jubata: Australian Wood Duck

I’ve been photographing these birds for a couple of years now, and this is the first time I noticed one without the bright yellow breast. Obviously, I have seen the female colouration – I must have! Here is the male…

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He popped into the nesting tunnel and I thought my private session was over, but no, another arrived.

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Thinking it was a juvenile, I looked up The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds when I got home. I discovered that a young bird lacks the black cap and has duller spotting. Thus, a female…

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