Monday, May 2, 2011

Wanderering ducks stay as croc whistles away

Wandering Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna arcuata) amid blue and pink waterlilies at Macknade wetland near Ingham today.


Love to show the 2.5m crocodile sunning with yellow-toothed open grin at edge of same billabong, but it proved faster than the ducks.


So here's a slower reptile, a large monitor on point duty, from a recent outing.



In Tyto, Intermediate Egrets (Ardea intermedia) have returned in modest numbers.
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6 comments:

  1. Kah-Wai LinMay 2, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    The egret in flight is nice!

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  2. Tyto TonyMay 3, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    I liked the twiggy look of the legs 'growing' down towards the tree.

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  3. AndyMay 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Another fine set of photo.

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  4. ArtoholicMay 4, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Tony! So good to see you birding here in blogspot land. Last time we crossed paths was in bigblog land in 2008.

    I'm so excited to see all your bird captures - off to explore your photo collection!

    Cheers,

    Cindy

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  5. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Lovely to see Wandering Ducks - we haven't seen any here since January. We've a couple of nights in Ingham early next week so I'm looking forward to visiting Tyto. I love the shot of the Egret with landing gear engaged!

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  6. Tyto TonyMay 6, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Hi Andy: Thanks a lot.

    Gidday Cindy: Good to hear from you.

    Hi Barbara: . WW Duck family of 2+12-1 on main lagoon this week, though not a great many others. See you!

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