I was over at the Goolwa treatment ponds last Wednesday (24/7) and noticed
about 25 Freckled Ducks. But what was of interest was the large raft of
Pink-eared Ducks numbering ~60 located at the end of the first pond away
from the rest of the ducks. That's the most Pink-eared I have seen at one
time.
Dean Cutten
Lower Inman Valley
Sth Australia
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On Behalf Of Peter Shute
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 4:12 AM
To: Bob and Trish
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Subject: Freckled Ducks
So why the sudden increase in numbers? I assume they've bred successfully in
the last couple of years in the good conditions, and that they couldn't for
about ten years before that because of the drought.
What happened before that for them to be scarce for 30 years? Surely there
were good breeding conditions in that time.
Peter Shute
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On 28/07/2013, at 5:50 PM, "Bob and Trish" <> wrote:
> Yesterday at the Goolwa Ponds South of Adelaide, there were approx 45
> Freckled Duck, one blue-billed, three pink-eared plus a few black duck
> and teal. It is the first time I have ever had a sighting where frecklies
> outnumbered all the other ducks.
> It took me 30 years of birding (in Qld & SA) before I saw my first
> frecklie (at Tununda ponds, Barossa Valley) in July 1998. I have
> managed to see them most years since then but some years it was a
> struggle - until recently. I recall reading several reports of large
> numbers of frecklies (one report reported 500 and today Adrian Boyle's
> amazing 1345 in Broome) in birding-aus recently. Thus it appears to
> me that frecklies have exploded in numbers in the last few years -
certainly they now appear common in South Australia.
>
> Bob Sothman
> Adelaide
>
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