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Freckled Ducks at Leeton

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Subject: Freckled Ducks at Leeton
From: Michael Todd <>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:45:07 +1100
Hello All,

Leeton Sewage Works is currently playing host to large numbers of ducks including no less than 92 Freckled Ducks. I say no less because there are two ponds and I counted on one pond before unintentionally pushing the ducks on the other pond onto the one that I had just counted from! I didn't feel like starting again! I suspect that most of the Freckled Ducks were on the first pond however. Other ducks present included Blue-billed Ducks, Aust. Shoveler, Grey Teal, Chestnut Teal, Black Duck, Hardhead and Pink-eared Duck. A lone Latham's Snipe was flushed out of the channel also.

In the Fivebough wetland I spent a pleasant few hours watching Spotted and Spotless Crakes although they succeeded in frustrating my photographic efforts! There was quite a bit of vocal activity from the Spotless Crakes suggesting that there were many more birds there than I saw. Elsewhere on the rail front Black-tailed Native-hens are still prevalent being at Fivebough, the above-mentioned sewage works and at Lake Wyangan.

Painted Honeyeaters are still present in Binya SF although they are far less obvious than they were a month or so ago- whether this is because they are calling less or many have moved on I'm not sure. I got very close extended views of an immature Painted which still had some of the gape markings.

All the above places are near Griffith in central west NSW.

Cheers

Mick Todd
Griffith, NSW

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