Bird Identifaction

David & Ann

David & Ann

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Take a look at this duck and let me know if you recognise it. I have never seen anything like it before. Note the fanned tail and the dropped skin under the beak. I took the picture in Ballarat, Victoria, Oz

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That would be a Musk duck

Scientific name: Biziura lobata
Family: Anatidae
Description
The male Musk Duck is the largest of Australia's ducks and has a powerful build. Musk Ducks get their name from the strong musk odour produced from a gland on the rump. The female is smaller than the male. Both male and female Musk Ducks are sooty-brown in plumage, with paler brown barring on the body and fine spots of the head. They are paler below, becoming whiter towards the abdomen. The male is decorated with a large bulbous lobe of skin hanging under his bill. This sac increases in size at the start of the breeding season. The female also has a much-reduced lobe on the underside of its bill, only visible at a short distance. The bill is dark grey in both sexes and the eye dark brown. The tail is a collection of long, stiff feathers, which can be held in a fan-shape. Young Musk Ducks are similar to the adult female, but are paler, with a dull yellow tip on bill, and no lobe
 
oldish hippy said:
That would be a Musk duck

Scientific name: Biziura lobata
Family: Anatidae
Description
The male Musk Duck is the largest of Australia's ducks and has a powerful build. Musk Ducks get their name from the strong musk odour produced from a gland on the rump. The female is smaller than the male. Both male and female Musk Ducks are sooty-brown in plumage, with paler brown barring on the body and fine spots of the head. They are paler below, becoming whiter towards the abdomen. The male is decorated with a large bulbous lobe of skin hanging under his bill. This sac increases in size at the start of the breeding season. The female also has a much-reduced lobe on the underside of its bill, only visible at a short distance. The bill is dark grey in both sexes and the eye dark brown. The tail is a collection of long, stiff feathers, which can be held in a fan-shape. Young Musk Ducks are similar to the adult female, but are paler, with a dull yellow tip on bill, and no lobe
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Thanks OH, I had a feeling I could depend on you. I got a few pics following from my Oz trip. I hope you all will enjoy them. It will take a while to get them on here.
 
oldish hippy said:
That would be a Musk duck

Scientific name: Biziura lobata
Family: Anatidae
Description
The male Musk Duck is the largest of Australia's ducks and has a powerful build. Musk Ducks get their name from the strong musk odour produced from a gland on the rump. The female is smaller than the male. Both male and female Musk Ducks are sooty-brown in plumage, with paler brown barring on the body and fine spots of the head. They are paler below, becoming whiter towards the abdomen. The male is decorated with a large bulbous lobe of skin hanging under his bill. This sac increases in size at the start of the breeding season. The female also has a much-reduced lobe on the underside of its bill, only visible at a short distance. The bill is dark grey in both sexes and the eye dark brown. The tail is a collection of long, stiff feathers, which can be held in a fan-shape. Young Musk Ducks are similar to the adult female, but are paler, with a dull yellow tip on bill, and no lobe
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Chris Packham eat your heart out.
I'm impressed oldish hippy.
 
David & Ann said:
Thanks OH, I had a feeling I could depend on you. I got a few pics following from my Oz trip. I hope you all will enjoy them. It will take a while to get them on here.
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well iam here a lot and happy to help out when and where possible open photo sharing account like flicker and put link up to them ,then you can upload a complete folder and share it with forum and can also upload videos as wel to some of them.The other reason to do it that way is to safeguard photos because if hard drive crashes or virus ,etc then you dont lose them ok write to cd but they do get scrtached and degrade but if someone storing them online good chance that they will be there.If absluley paraniod about not losing any then upload to two or thee different web site at least if they crash you stand a chance of one of them still being up
 
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oldish hippy said:
well iam here a lot and happy to help out when and where possible open photo sharing account like flicker and put link up to them ,then you can upload a complete folder and share it with forum and can also upload videos as wel to some of them.The other reason to do it that way is to safeguard photos because if hard drive crashes or virus ,etc then you dont lose them ok write to cd but they do get scrtached and degrade but if someone storing them online good chance that they will be there.If absluley paraniod about not losing any then upload to two or thee different web site at least if they crash you stand a chance of one of them still being up
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OH, I am as dumb as they come when it has to do with computers. loading one at a time is good enough for me. I just tried bulk loading after reading your post, went back to PB and the damn thing froze. I have all my pictures and musik on 16GB USB sticks. Is that okay. If yes, can I remove all pics and musik on PC so that it can run faster. Sorry to squeeze you for info: ☺☺☺
 
shouldnt affect the speed of your pc it is what you have running in background and also dependent on how much memory on pc ,but if you are sure that the memory sticks are good then delete them from pc,wil have quick browse at pb
 
Dezi said:
Thats a Helluva height for a motorhome !!! What sort of MPG do you get ?

Dezi :pc:
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☺☺☺I bloody well knew it, one of you lot would come up with a remark like that.☺☺☺Honest, I told my Misses 5 miutes ago that either Dezi, Old Arthur, Maingate or one of the old school would knock me. ☺☺☺☺ Nice one Buddy. A good laugh.
 
Simply goes to show that only 1 in 3 people are predictably reliable, or is that reliably predictable ?

Dezi :pc:
 
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