canberrabirds

very black duck

To: John Bundock <>
Subject: very black duck
From: John Harris <>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:17:53 +0000
Thanks for the thought. My first thought too at a distance as there are Musk Ducks at Yerrabi. But up close lacks the distinctive broad bill and totally black like the coots it was with, no mottling or whatever.

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Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 10:01:49 PM
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Sorry, I’d meant to put “Female musk duck?”

 

John Bundock

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Musk duck?

John Bundock

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From: John Harris
Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 5:23 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] very black duck

 

 

 

There is a very black duck in Yerrabi pond.  Very black, no obvious mottling, slight teal sheen on neck and hint of teal under wing feathers. I thought maybe the American Black Duck, Anas rubripes, but the ones I have seen before were less black, like a darker version of our Pacific Black Duck. This one was swimming and taking bread with the hundreds of coots, only distinguishable from them at a distance by its larger duck size (and black bill). I am sure someone more knowledgable than me will tell me it is obviously duck X or Y, so please do!

 

 

 


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