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Spotted Whistling Ducks - Breeding

To: "Keith & Lindsay Fisher" <>
Subject: Spotted Whistling Ducks - Breeding
From: "Kirrama Wildlife Tours" <>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:12:39 +1000
Hi Keith, Lindsey and Michael,

when we saw the Spotted Whistling-Ducks at Iron Range in October and had
clearly juveniles among them we were wondering the same. Were they breeding
at that location?
Why not. I am sure future visits will tell.
        Happy ducking,
                                    Klaus


> Hi Everyone,
> Michael Barnett in Weipa just sent me the following and I'm forwarding it
> with his permission as I think it is of great interest.
>
> "I've just come back from showing some visitors around the Uningan Nature
> Reserve. We walked along the road beside the Awonga Point sewage treatment
> plant and on the first (southern most) pond found a pair of spotted
> whistling-ducks with 10-12 ducklings. It was hard to count how many
exactly
> even through a scope. On the water the ducklings appeared to be in similar
> plumage to the adults, just smaller. Once they noticed us they walked out
of
> the pond and into the long grass.
>
> We were even more surprised to find another pair with six ducklings on the
> next pond. These ducklings were much younger and had the bold markings on
> their head as shown in the illustrations in Simpson & Day for the
> whistling-ducklings(?). Again once they noticed us the quickly
disappeared".
>
> Cheers,
> Keith.
>
> Keith & Lindsay Fisher
> PO Box 2209, Cairns
> Queensland 4870 Australia
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