A quiet moment with a Pacific Black Duck, showing off its beautiful markings.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

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One of the half dozen or so Pacific Black Duck ducklings at work. They're basically mini-ducks at this point (no longer fluffy).

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Some very busy ducklings (and mumma-duck), a juvenile Dusky Moorhen, and a rainbow fountain.

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A Wonga Pigeon at home yesterday arvo, and then today, the first day on campus, a family of Pacific Black Ducks. They were all busy shovelling under the azolla (water fern), and were still at it this arvo when we left.

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Australian Pelican flying low over the main UQ lake on Friday. In the foreground is a Hardhead, just bobbing about, and to the left, an upset Pacific Black Duck chasing something off-camera.

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Also spotted today at work, some Torresian Crows (one taking a bath), an Australasian Darter, drying off on a small pontoon, and first thing this morning, a Pacific Black Duck, tucked up and absorbing some sun in the 8ºC morning.

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