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princess royal ponds

  1. Not quite ready to leave

    Not quite ready to leave

    Last one from the ponds was this young Eurasian Coot. He looks pretty independent, doesn't he; however mum was not far out of shot
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    • albany australia eurasian coot eurasian coot juvenile fulica atra australis nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. One of my favourites

    One of my favourites

    A real entertainers are Willie-Wagtails, constantly on the move too and so brave with it! He was on a bit of a jetty type construction close to the water. Such stark contrast made for a rather tricky shot.
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    • 2019 albany australia nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds rhipidura leucophrys western australia willie-wagtail
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. An attractive oddity

    An attractive oddity

    This is the one that's not sure if it's duck or goose. They are on the large size for a duck and appear to have the bill of a goose. This means that they are the only representatives in the genus Chenonetta (making this a monotypic genus). Maned Ducks are fairly widespread in Australia.
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    • 2019 albany australia chenonetta jubata maned duck nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Jet-lagged

    Jet-lagged

    Don't know about anyone else, but I still feel a bit jet-lagged after the clock change yesterday LOL. Here's a Hardhead found on one of the ponds in Albany. Amazing really how many species there were there! (Still more to come!)
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    • 2019 albany australia aythya australis hardhead nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Co-operative

    Co-operative

    Some birds just know how to pose and don't play the nasty tricks on you that most others do!! Australian Ibis were always very co-operative and I just couldn't resist taking pictures of them
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ibis nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds threskiornis molucca western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Intricate

    Intricate

    For once an overhead treetop image wasn't in silhouette, even so, the Little Black Cormorant had such strong sunlight on him it bleached some of his plumage. Even so you can see how intricate his plumage is.
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    • 2019 albany australia little black cormorant nikon coolpix p900 november phalacrocorax sulcirostris princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Stately

    Stately

    A handsome Pacific Black Duck cruised across one pond as if he owned the place. He does look rather magnificent, I thought.
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa australia nikon coolpix p900 november pacific black duck princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Not very co-operative

    Not very co-operative

    Chestnut Teal are really quite attractive, but this pair didn't really want to show themselves off to me, so we're not really seeing their prettiest side.
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    • 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Foraging

    Foraging

    After breakfast we started off back at the Ponds on the way in to Albany. The Common Sandpiper, was still around, on a different pond and rather distant. I really had a job finding him, through the viewfinder, so had to look for something big I could use as a guide. A bush at the top of the...
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    • 2019 actitis hypoleucos albany australia common sandpiper nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Surprise rubbish

    Surprise rubbish

    As June and I continued to explore the ponds, we reached yet another one when a "whoosh" and "peep" went past us. "What was that?" said June. I had an idea, but couldn't believe what I'd heard. It wasn't until I found it sheltering in the darkest corner he could find, that I confirmed it as a...
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    • 2019 actitis hypoleucos albany australia common sandpiper nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Pretty ones

    Pretty ones

    Really, of all the anas species of ducks, I think the Chestnut Teal are right up there in the beauty stakes! The female, for me, is rather difficult to separate from the Grey Teal. This pair swam across one of the ponds as we continued our wander.
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    • 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Sleepy time?

    Sleepy time?

    We went off into Albany, as Alex had one or two calls to make. He dropped us off at some ponds just on the outskirts of the town. Wandering round them, we first came to a pair of Little Black Cormorants, and who didn't see the Pacific Black Ducks, both in the background and foreground? Still...
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa little black cormorant nikon coolpix p900 november pacific black duck phalacrocorax sulcirostris princess royal ponds western australia.australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Confused

    Confused

    Back to the duck / goose problem, the poor thing. There were quite a few new species to see that day as opposed to what we found the day before. I always find that interesting. This is currently call a Maned Duck, but it's also been known as Australian Wood Duck and Maned Goose. A most...
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    • 2019 albany australia australian wood duck chenonetta jubata maned duck maned goose nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Stubborn? Or Shrewd?

    Stubborn? Or Shrewd?

    That's the two main definitions of "Hardhead", isn't it. I've not quite decided which best suits this species LOL.
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    • 2019 albany australia aythya australis hardhead nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Ibis and friend

    Ibis and friend

    Some of the paths round the ponds were rather overgrown, so a lot of trying to peer through little gaps in the bushes. Through one I spotted this Australian Ibis sitting on an island bank. It wasn't till later I saw his cormie friend in the shot.
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    • 2019 albany australia australian ibis nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds threskiornis molucca western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Ocean comes inland

    Ocean comes inland

    Rounding another bend and a Pacific Black Duck came out to see us. I really do like the plumage markings on these ducks. The sexes are similar.
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa australia nikon coolpix p900 october pacific black duck princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Chestnuts

    Chestnuts

    Tearing ourselves away from the lonely Sandpiper, we were then confronted with a pair of Chestnut Teals. A strongly dimorphic species, with the male's plumage being quite striking and unmistakable, the female is a greyish brown rather like most other females.
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    • 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. A friend from up north

    A friend from up north

    On our travels we called in at the Princess Royal Ponds as I called them. The day before we'd seen a Sandpiper, but he landed in a very dark patch and I couldn't get a decent picture. This day he was further off, but out in the open. The only way I could get a picture, was to find a bush up on...
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    • 2019 actitis hypoleucos albany australia common sandpiper nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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  19. Ready for roasting?

    Ready for roasting?

    .... sorry, about that, but whenever I think of chestnuts, Bing Crosby's song comes to mind!!! Round another bend of the pond path, there were some rather attractive Chestnut Teal.
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    • 2019 albany anas castanea australia chestnut teal nikon coolpix p900 november princess royal ponds western australia
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. A dabbler

    A dabbler

    Continuing our wander round these ponds we next came across a Pacific Black Duck. Like the Mallard these are one of the dabbling ducks, which have a bottoms up feeding action rather than diving.
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    • 2019 albany anas superciliosa australia nikon coolpix p900 november pacific black duck princess royal ponds western australia
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