The "Water Garden Town Park" 1 Museum Pl, Batemans Bay NSW 2536, see e.g.
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2542205 and
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x6b15c025c36bc469%3A0x5e7d5ffc36db10c5!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN-4S_bxVrGVkdnvKoBQqVuGW8FVPKQ6e-QNxpG%3Dw240-h160-k-no!5sbatemans%20bay%20water%20garden%20park%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipN-4S_bxVrGVkdnvKoBQqVuGW8FVPKQ6e-QNxpG&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS_6S-7IbvAhVE4XMBHQdzDbMQoiowCnoECBoQAw
is sort of nice to visit, though very dominated by the fruit bat colony. I
suppose this is likely to be the place you refer to. I was last there about a
year ago (the last time I was out of ACT). There is also a little museum there.
Sure there are / were too many Muscovy & Mallard ducks there. See above link
for photos. Control would be worthwhile. And certainly hybrids of P. Black Duck
& Mallards, I suspect a range of level of generational combinations and
different sizes and colour settings. I am curious about Muscovy hybrids though.
Even though Drake Muscovy are aggressive copulators.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Canberrabirds
On Behalf Of Terry Munro via Canberrabirds
Sent: Friday, 26 February, 2021 2:54 PM
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Subject: Figbirds
I’ve just returned from Batemans Bay where I saw a Figbird. After all the years
of visiting the “Bay” this is a first. I had a look around the wetland & the
only unusual sighting was, I think, a Muscovy/Blackduck hybrid. I assumed this
because the head was Pacific Blackduck & the body was large & bulcky with
familiar Muscovy colouring.
Terry Munro
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