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Went for a lunchtime walk, found the ducklings again. Still seven, which is nice. Very attentive parents.

I did need to encourage them to get off the road at one point though, since students & tradies aren't very attentive when driving.

#AustralianWildlife #WIldOz #AustralianWoodDuck #bird

Four wood duck ducklings foraging on the grass in the shade. They are walking from right to left in a group.

All seven entering the main lake, following their parents. They are in a group right behind mother duck, and are bobbing about on the greeny-brown water. There are reeds behind them.

Two small wood duck ducklings. They're mostly shades of brown, and very fluffy. The right hand one is standing upright and alert (it head a lapwing call), while the other contemplates its next snack.

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@david@photog.social · 4 days ago

Went for a lunchtime walk, found the ducklings again. Still seven, which is nice. Very attentive parents.

I did need to encourage them to get off the road at one point though, since students & tradies aren't very attentive when driving.

#AustralianWildlife #WIldOz #AustralianWoodDuck #bird

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@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Duckling update as of lunchtime today. There's still seven, and they are still extremely cute.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

7 tiny fuzzy brown ducklings standing around in a loose group like some edgy band album cover.

David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Duckling update as of lunchtime today. There's still seven, and they are still extremely cute.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

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@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Sleepy ducks this morning. All the ducklings are tucked up under Mother Duck.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck

Two adult wood ducks snoozing. THe male (on the left) is standing on one leg, with its head turned around, bill nestled on its back.
The female (on the right) is similarly posed but has her wings extended to the ground, and underneath you can just see the tiny ducklings nestled under there.
Both birds are brown and grey, with speckled chests and darker heads, although the males is darker than the females. — Two adult wood ducks snoozing. THe male (on the left) is standing on one leg, with its head turned around, bill nestled on its back. The female (on the right) is similarly posed but has her wings extended to the ground, and underneath you can just see the tiny ducklings nestled under there. Both birds are brown and grey, with speckled chests and darker heads, although the males is darker than the females.

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@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Sleepy ducks this morning. All the ducklings are tucked up under Mother Duck.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck

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David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Good News Everybody!

It's Duckling Season!

I found a small clutch of seven Australian Wood Duck ducklings being guided by their attentive parents.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

Seven wood duck ducklings marching from left to right in a group.

Four wood duck ducklings march towards the camera. One is in focus.

A wood duck duckling foraging on the ground. Three of its siblings are behind it and their mother behind them. They are small, mostly brown with white bellies and made entirely of fluff.

Three wood duck ducklings and the bottom half of their mother. One is in focus at the front, facing left. The left hand one is facing away from the camera, showing its fuzzy butt. The right hand one is partially hiding behind its mother.

David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · 6 days ago

Good News Everybody!

It's Duckling Season!

I found a small clutch of seven Australian Wood Duck ducklings being guided by their attentive parents.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #AustralianWoodDuck #duckling

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Geoff

@strykeroz@mastodon.social · last week

An Emu arrived in the clearing around a dam with a large entourage of chicks, and on noticing us immediately ran to the next treeline leaving the little ones in a bit of confusion

Initially they formed a huddle hidden in the grass nearby, given away by their peeping calls

Then they made a break for it running around and through us back to their dad and all was well

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife

A group of medium sized striped birds standing in and partially obscured by tall grass. Background is more bushland

Geoff

@strykeroz@mastodon.social · last week

An Emu arrived in the clearing around a dam with a large entourage of chicks, and on noticing us immediately ran to the next treeline leaving the little ones in a bit of confusion

Initially they formed a huddle hidden in the grass nearby, given away by their peeping calls

Then they made a break for it running around and through us back to their dad and all was well

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife

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David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · last week

Seven Pelicans on the lake this morning at work.

Pretty impressive for a lake with no fish in it.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianPelican

A scene shot over a portion of a lake. In the mid-ground, there are four large black and white pelicans sitting on a log. A fifth one swims towards them from the left. In the background, two more are perched on a submerged rock, and further back, on the short, three people walk past.

David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · last week

Seven Pelicans on the lake this morning at work.

Pretty impressive for a lake with no fish in it.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralianPelican

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Geoff

@strykeroz@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Black-Shouldered Kites are always dressed to impress.

This one is scanning the world below from the top of a dead tree above the eastern bank of the Maranoa River, south-west Queensland

#Wildoz #ozBirds #Birds #Wildlife

A white bird of prey with grey wings and red eyes surrounded by a black patch sits in the very top of a dead tree branch. Background is the cloudless blue sky

Geoff

@strykeroz@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Black-Shouldered Kites are always dressed to impress.

This one is scanning the world below from the top of a dead tree above the eastern bank of the Maranoa River, south-west Queensland

#Wildoz #ozBirds #Birds #Wildlife

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David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · 2 weeks ago

A male Variegated Fairywren for #FairywrenFriday.

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz

A tiny black, blue, purple and maroon bird with long blue tail perched on some native ginger.

David de Groot 📸

@david@photog.social · 2 weeks ago

A male Variegated Fairywren for #FairywrenFriday.

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz

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Joanna Holman

@joannaholman@aus.social · 3 weeks ago

Today’s capers of the community corella cohort

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife

A white bird hanging upside down in a tree

A white bird in a tree with their head tilted a little to the side

Two white birds in a tree. One is hanging upside down flapping, the other is looking down on them

A white bird leaning forward from a tree branch

Joanna Holman

@joannaholman@aus.social · 3 weeks ago

Today’s capers of the community corella cohort

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife

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Joanna Holman

@joannaholman@aus.social · 3 weeks ago

It’s not all bad news in the world today: scientists have found a population of over 250 of the critically endangered and biologically unique plains-wanderer birds thriving in a harsh habitat previously presumed unsuitable for them

https://theconversation.com/we-tracked-one-of-australias-most-endangered-birds-into-strange-new-habitat-262317

#birds #birding #wildoz