Lawrie Conole wrote:
> What is the liklihood that either eclipse male Northern Shovellers or
> 'any-plumage' female NSs would be picked up in Aus Shoveller flocks.
> Put another way, are they really so rare?
>
> Lawrie Conole
>
>
> That's a very good point, Lawrie! I havent seen any northern ducks (yet) but
> after checking fieldguides it would clearly be hard to pick up 'brown birds'
> from among other duck species. (I remember the time I had a second look at a
> couple of up-ending ducks because they had conspicuous orange feet - when
> they came up they turned out to be a couple of Aust. Shoveller. They were not
> easy to pick in a crowd despite distinctive silhoette). I was wondering if
> the two full-colour male birds (Pintail and Nthn Shoveler) could have been
> caught up in the same bit of weather (cyclone or otherwise) in Asia and put
> off course. Or perhaps both are a bit dim, and both just did a 180, as
> orienteerers put it!
Anthea Fleming in Melbourne
>
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