On a random note I saw today what I thought was really strange… I’m in Kingston SE in Sth Australia, and at 1:40pm, I just viewed 40 Musk Ducks (Male & Female) were floating all next to each other over near the rocky break wall, to the far right of the Jetty…floating on the salt water in the bay… Has anyone else seen this many together, and in the ocean like this…? Kirri Sent from my iPhone
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I have often seen Musk Ducks in winter along the shores of Port Phillip
Bay – from off the Western Treatment plant in Corio Bay, at Port
Melbourne (Sandridge) and at Mornington and Sorrento. I don’t recall
ever seeing them at Mud Islands, but I have only ever been there in March.
I am sure I have also seen them in Westernport.
Anthea Fleming
On 17/01/2016 10:25 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
Bay – from off the Western Treatment plant in Corio Bay, at Port
Melbourne (Sandridge) and at Mornington and Sorrento. I don’t recall
ever seeing them at Mud Islands, but I have only ever been there in March.
I am sure I have also seen them in Westernport.
Anthea Fleming
On 17/01/2016 10:25 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
I don’t recall place and date (it was several years ago) but I too have once
seen several Musk Ducks (though I think it would have been closer to 10,
over an area of 2 or 3 hectares) in salt water coastal habitat like this.
This would have been in eastern Victoria or SE NSW (I have not been to SA
since 1968). This is much less often than I have seen them in the typical
situation – dispersed over big lakes. As Martin noted, Pizzey’s book refers
to “occasionally at sea” and I think sometimes the pelagic reports mention
them.
Philip
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seen several Musk Ducks (though I think it would have been closer to 10,
over an area of 2 or 3 hectares) in salt water coastal habitat like this.
This would have been in eastern Victoria or SE NSW (I have not been to SA
since 1968). This is much less often than I have seen them in the typical
situation – dispersed over big lakes. As Martin noted, Pizzey’s book refers
to “occasionally at sea” and I think sometimes the pelagic reports mention
them.
Philip
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G’day Kim About 2 months ago we were also in Kingston SE and I saw 16 bobbing up and down between the jetty and the boat ramp. Like you, I thought it was very strange at the time, but Pizzey and Knight assured me they are occasionally seen in the sea. I subsequently saw a couple of them in the marina at Robe. There were also 68 Pied Cormorants hauled out on the heaps of kelp. At least they *were *hauled out: as soon as I got within about 100m they all went and sat in the water with the Musk Duck. Martin Martin Butterfield franmart.blogspot.com.au/ On 16 January 2016 at 14:12, Kirri Neways <Neways34@yahoo.com.au> wrote: Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Kirri I have seen several smaller groups – say 3-5 birds – off the south coast of Kangaroo Island.
Cheers
David
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