It is not often you can get so close to a Radjah Shelduck to
appreciate their yellow-rimmed eyes or their black-rimmed nostrils! The
obliging pair where present in the Mungo Brush Campground yesterday 9 November
in the mid afternoon loafing in the shade before moving out to feed in the
grassy campground. This site is a haven for tame waterfowl, with Black Swans,
Chestnut Teal and Pacific Black Ducks being approachable.
Happy to connect with these Radjah
Shelducks after dipping badly on 25 October with Ian McAllan and Dean Purcell. Plenty of
good birds to watch at this site with abundant Forest Ravens, Varied Sittella,
White-throated Gerygone, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Azure
Kingfisher, Black-faced Monarch amongst others. Thanks to other observers who
have been updating the sightings of these wayward ducks. A
mega NSW tick.
Dion
