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Hi all
I have always thought of the Pacific Black Duck as the archetypal dabbling
duck,
fond of the "uptails all" mode of dredging, but rarely if ever diving,
even duck-diving.
However at Giralang Pond this morning I observed three Black Ducks behaving
very much in the manner of grebes;
diving, disappearing completely under the water and then re-appearing some
distance away.
Grebe-like is perhaps an exageration since they were only submerged a
couple of seconds
and only travelled 1-3 metres; but to me it seemed
very un-dabbling-duck like.
Was this unusual behaviour, or have i been truely unobservent in the past
?
roger curnow
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