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Hi David
I've seen pairs of these birds in North Qld built-up suburban
areas - they had a rather short flight distance for humans/dogs/traffic.
But you couldn't feed them like domestic ducks. My bet is that they are
indeed wild birds.
Cheers
Andrew
David wrote:
Two years ago (??) there were reports of
vagrant ducks showing up in NSW (I can't recall details). At the time
there was a lot of discussion about whether these birds were escapees from
captivity. Assurances that these species weren't held in Australia were
pretty much dismissed by some.
We
now have two very obliging Shelducks at a very unusual location that appear to
be rather fond of people. Makes you think doesn't it?
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