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FW: [canberrabirds] ID corner

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Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] ID corner
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:19:24 +1000

Peter has got it.  The Rudd is said to be distinguished from the smaller Roach by the golden rather than reddish iris.  It is a pest species in New Zealand where it is so unpopular as to be labelled ‘the possum of the waterways’.   

 

 

From: milburn [
Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 11:38 AM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] ID corner

 

I'll suggest Common Rudd.

regards
Milburn

On 17/08/13 9:46 AM, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:

 

 

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