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Second Garden Walk #10
© LynEve
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Uploaded: 11/04/23 12:09 AM GMT
Second Garden Walk #10
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This is a Paradise Duck (Tadorna variegata), also known as the Paradise Shelduck. (Pūtangitangi in Māori). They are found only in New Zealand. This is a male with the black head. Females have chestnut coloured plumage and white heads. They are usually seen in pairs. This poor fellow was alone with no sign of a mate and had no inclination to enter the pond. He was just walking about looking dejected. They are large birds, more like a goose and weigh about 1.7kg. They are usually very vocal but not this one.
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Lyn, I thought only people could be 'down', but your narrative makes me doubt it.
However, this Paradise Duck can't achieve the help/advice of a psychiatrist and/or psychologist to get out of his lonely state.
I hope it will soon find a companion so that its future will be a little brighter and a little noisier (😁) .
Very nice addition to this series again.
However, this Paradise Duck can't achieve the help/advice of a psychiatrist and/or psychologist to get out of his lonely state.
I hope it will soon find a companion so that its future will be a little brighter and a little noisier (😁) .
Very nice addition to this series again.
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Lonely bird, but quite handsome, bet he'll find a mate. He has found a beautiful place to start looking. Our Swans usually have a mate here also.
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In answer to John�s question we do not have any migrating ducks 😀 but the godwits do come to us from Alaska each year and one of our cathedrals rings its bells to welcome them. They make the longest migratory flight in the world . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/science/migratory-birds-godwits.html
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He is a handsome duck and I hope he finds his partner, or a flock to join! tigs=^..^=
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What a handsome guy - I surely hope he finds a mate.
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The Amen of nature is always a flower .... Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Years ago I was on my couch, reading, when a bird struck the open window just feet away. I went out into the driveway to find a stunned dove on the pavement (or so I thought). I picked it up and could feel its heart fluttering, most likely in fear, but before I could even think of what aid I could give it, the bird died. I should have put her(?) back on the drive but instead I laid her in the trash (my wife is extremely squeamish about dead birds). The dove's mate (and they mate for life, normally) hung out around our house for a couple years, mournfully calling for his loss, until a new pair moved in and drove him off. So, yes, I am sure you have rightly considered his possible depression. A nice capture, by the way, not only of the duck but the surroundings, including the nifty manner in which the constructed low rail appears to pierce the trunk of the tree.
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By the way, in somewhat of a humorous attempt, when the weather cools seasonally here, our ducks fly south for the winter. Do yours fly north?
Sorry about that, Lyn! ;)