Musk Duck at Banyule Flats, Heidelberg

[brian fleming <>]

   I have been visiting Banyule Flats Reserve now for about forty 
years, and this morning at 9 40 a.m. I saw a Musk Duck (female or 
immature bird)  for the first time in the Swamp.  It was swimming over 
beyond the fence posts on the far western side, too distant for 
photography, and was definitely spending far more time under water than 
on top, repeatedly diving in its characteristic style.  There were very 
few other waterfowl present, a pair of Swans and a few Chestnut Teal and 
Hardhead.
   I do not think I have seen a Musk Duck here since very early visits, 
when an old man bird was in the nearby Billabong, then with open 
unvegetated banks in a cow paddock.  I have very occasionally seen 
Bluebill Ducks in the Swamp.
   I apologize if it has already been reported - we have been off-line 
for three weeks.
Anthea Fleming
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