Ian’s Bird of the Week – Paradise Shelduck ~ by Ian Montgomery
Newsletter – 1/16/12
Shelducks are all rather splendid, so this one has to be particularly fine to earn the moniker ‘Paradise’. Interestingly, it is the white-headed female that is, I think, the more striking as in the first photo of a female having a drink (of salt water!) at Milford Sound.
Ian Montgomery, Birdway Pty Ltd,
454 Forestry Road, Bluewater, Qld 4818
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Website: http://birdway.com.au
Lee’s Addition:
What a neat looking bird. Both the male and the female have such a clean look about them. Shelducks are part of the Anatidae – Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family. They are all in the Tadorna Genus which includes 6 Shelducks. We do not have Shelducks established here in the U.S.
And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” (Genesis 1:22 ESV)
See Ian’s Shelducks on his Birdway website.
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Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
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