Postby jimmifinn » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:01 am
I first saw the Plumed Whistling Duck when I was visiting Hawkes Bay, 10 September 2020. Got some lovely photos both on land and water. Back in Havelock North for Christmas I checked Anderson Park on Boxing Day. The Plumed Whistling Duck was at the side of the middle pond near the bench seat. It was with some hybrid ducks and not as confiding as I found it to be in September.
Talking to a local who keeps an eye on these pretty little strangers, he told me he had seen two of them last year (2019) and then driving along the road saw what he was sure were Plumed Whistling Duck feathers on the road beside the park. He is confident that the second PWD to go missing was hit by a car in Kennedy Road.
The remainder seems to associate strongly, for protection, with the Black Swans which he/she quickly joined when I started photographing. I feel sad, seeing this wee duck, now alone without its two former companions.
Jim N
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- PWD 26 December 2020
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