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Re: FW: [canberrabirds] High altitude Musk Duck ( out of town )

To: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] High altitude Musk Duck ( out of town )
From: David Rees <>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:17:31 +0000
Geoffrey, think you got the wrong bird!! Musk ducks most certainly eat yabbies, Freckled ducks as you say dabble.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

An algaevore rather than  a yabbyvore.  Those who have seen this species upend-feeding at Kelly Swamp will have a pointer to its filer-feeding habits.  It  prefers shallow water and soft mud. HANZAB describes it a s a specialist filter feeder.  Our own Peter Fullagar’s observation is that the ‘bill is held just above bottom .. head scything from side to side’.  Moreover:    ‘rapid pumping movements of the tongue cause food particles to be sucked in near tip and stream of water expelled from sides of recurved bill’.

 

  

 

From: shorty [
Sent: Monday, 30 January 2017 7:42 AM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: m("canberrabirds.org.au","Canberrabirds");" target="_blank">org.au
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] High altitude Musk Duck ( out of town )

 

Thanks all,

 

Philip, Tantangara Reservoir is higher and would be suitable as it it has Yabbies as well, 3 mile dam at 1468 m could be suitable but i am unsure that there would be a suitable food source there.

 

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

My geography knowledge is modest but are there many lakes in Aus, (let alone within the geographic range of the Musk Duck), that are at a higher altitude than Lake Eucumbene for a MD to choose, even if it wanted to be observed at a higher altitude than Lake Eucumbene?

 

Philip

 

 

From: David McDonald (personal) []
Sent: Sunday, 29 January, 2017 9:10 PM
To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");" target="_blank">org.au
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] High altitude Musk Duck ( out of town )

 

A glance at the Atlas of Living Oz does not seem to reveal any higher records - David

On 29/01/2017 5:39 PM, shorty wrote:

G'day all,

 

I was at Lake Eucumbene on the weekend and came across a Musk Duck. The lake is almost 1200 m above sea level and looking at ebird it seems the highest record i can find. The habitat suits them as the lake is full of Yabbies.

 

Just curious if anyone who doesn't use ebird has recorded them at this altitude or higher?

 

Shorty

 

 

 


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