Howdy All,
I am not sure how late into the season they normally breed, but there
are currently young ducklings with the Maned Ducks at the
ANBG. There has presumably been 2 different clutches as well, as on
Monday the pair of them were treking about with 10 babies...... and
today there were 17 babies. They nabbed some ducklings from someone
else I would assume? As far as I know they only start wandering once
all the eggs have hatched, so for more to appear they must have got
them from someone else, or found them abandoned. Anyway, whatever
the reasons there were 17 ducklings with a single pair of adults this
afternoon on and around the large pond directly below the cafe, and
the lawn immediately below that. Very, very cute. I have photos of
the happy event if anyone is interested. <grin>
Cheers.
Paul T.
Higgins, ACT
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