10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata.

2019 179

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

ANATIDAE (DUCKS). White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ); Kasane, Botswana, 1 January. Lesser Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna javanica ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February. White-backed Duck ( Thalassornis leuconotus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. PELECANIDAE (PELICANS).

2015 185

2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Ducks were also well represented by Pacific Black Ducks and Australian Wood Duck. Black-fronted Dotterels , Magpie-larks and Willie Wagtails ran along the muddy edges where there was evidence of feral pigs. Australian Wood Duck.

Ducks 100

Ducks Pigs Zebras Feral 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2012

We were surprised to hear Plumed Whistling Ducks fly over our home as we spoke to them, so we were on to a good day! We achieved that and had a short bushwalk to get the Zebra Finch and were lucky enough to also come across Grey-headed Honeyeaters , which was one more for the year list. Such are the vagaries of birding!

Feral Cats 118

Feral Cats Zebras Feral Ducks 118