canberrabirds

Three Australian Wood Ducks in our Gum tree

To: Philip Veerman <>
Subject: Three Australian Wood Ducks in our Gum tree
From: Jenny Smits <>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:21:27 +1000
Baby wood ducklings are running around the shine dome /academy of science 
today. Worried that we are yet to see the canberran inevitable cold winter, Is 
this a bit early or quite normal?

> On 12 Jun 2014, at 14:03, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
>
> There needs to be something to justify the dopey Wood Duck name. Yes they
> are usually on the ground but (less often) perch in trees and usually (or
> only?) nest in tree hollows. So may be or likely they were looking for nest
> sites.
>
> Philip.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Nicholls 
> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 9:33 AM
> To: 
> Subject: [canberrabirds] Three Australian Wood Ducks in our Gum tree
>
>
> West Deakin: Not something I've seen before, three Australian Wood Ducks
> sitting on a branch in our Eucalyptus meliodora. One male, one female, the
> third I didn't see well enough to identify. They flew off making
> clucking/quacking noises.
>
> DN
>
>
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