I was keen to check them out also, especially after the report on birdline
Vic about them and a Koel at Quarry Hills. But on Google maps, the QH
turned out to be in Bendigo, not the one just up the road, literally, from
the Lakes :-(
Yours in all things "Green"
John Harris
Owner - Wildlife Experiences
0409090955
On Oct 30, 2012 8:17 PM, "brian fleming" <> wrote:
> One thing after another ... I got lost en route and didn't get to Mill
> Park Lakes until about 11 a.m (Daylight Saving Time). Two kind
> photographers were leaving (I hope with decent photos) and they directed me
> over the footbridge and on to the left, to the location for observing
> Freckled Ducks. By then two FDs were present - both apparently sound
> asleep, perched on small rocks, with their heads tucked down on their
> backs, facing away from me. No trouble with ID - their oatmeal speckles and
> raised triangular peak of the head still showed. Hardheads and Chestnut
> Teal dived and swam round them. I felt twenty minutes of total immobility
> was enough, so decided to try the viewpoint from the peninsula opposite.
> When I got there, one FD had disappeared leaving only one, now up-sun and
> just about out of range.
>
> Just off the point where I was standing, there is a long narrow island
> spit with small Swamp Melaleuca bushes on it, with a duck nest-box off its
> north end. There seemed to be some ducks there in the shade. Careful
> examination with binocs revealed that there were in fact ducks there - one
> spread a wing and proved itself a Chestnut Teal, but at least three had the
> speckles and even one peaked head could be made out - so that's where
> Freckled Ducks go when it's too hot and windy and they want a bit of peace.
> As usual, it proves I should have got up earlier. A more up-to-date
> Melway would help too.
>
> Incidentally, by 12 noon (DST) when I left, the temperature was about
> 30 degrees Centigrade and the wind quite blustery (ABC weather report).
>
> Antea Fleming
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