P P PAT 20 Aug 2009 I remember I saw a pair of these when I was getting cows up early one morning but have never seen them again except in a zoo.
I remember I saw a pair of these when I was getting cows up early one morning but have never seen them again except in a zoo.
Hix 24 Aug 2009 This is a female. Pat: I saw several hundred wild ones on a farm on Kangaroo Island. Definitely worth a visit.
This is a female. Pat: I saw several hundred wild ones on a farm on Kangaroo Island. Definitely worth a visit.
P P PAT 31 Aug 2009 Hix said: This is a female. Pat: I saw several hundred wild ones on a farm on Kangaroo Island. Definitely worth a visit. Click to expand... Cool...I am just so used to seeing woodies and blackies that I got a bit of a shock when I saw them standing just off the track. They're quite a bit bigger then the other ducks we get around here and a lot more colourful.
Hix said: This is a female. Pat: I saw several hundred wild ones on a farm on Kangaroo Island. Definitely worth a visit. Click to expand... Cool...I am just so used to seeing woodies and blackies that I got a bit of a shock when I saw them standing just off the track. They're quite a bit bigger then the other ducks we get around here and a lot more colourful.
Electus Parrot 3 Sep 2009 I think this one is actually a male because the female Australian shelduck has a white ring around its eye.
I think this one is actually a male because the female Australian shelduck has a white ring around its eye.
Hix 3 Sep 2009 Electus Parrot said: I think this one is actually a male because the female Australian shelduck has a white ring around its eye. Click to expand... Quite right! For some reason I thought it was the male with the eye-ring.
Electus Parrot said: I think this one is actually a male because the female Australian shelduck has a white ring around its eye. Click to expand... Quite right! For some reason I thought it was the male with the eye-ring.
