On the Myall Lakes, New South Wales. This photo was taken early morning in 'Professors Cove' from a houseboat.
This very strange black duck with seemingly two heads (!) lol, came from amongst the reeds. It was calling and every few seconds it would splash with its back leg. My husband reminded me that the local wood Ducks sometimes flail about pretending to have a broken limb to keep you from their nests.
It went past a pair of Swans and their Signets; they looked at it but didn't react. It made its way back and forth along the shoreline doing this for about half an hour and then went back into hiding.
I sometimes overreact for a tic, and I honestly thought, 'oh no! It’s a mutant and it’s been attacked for being different and has a broken leg, poor thing'. My husband said, 'no, it’s a Platypus'. We laughed a lot about that.
When I got back to the bird book I found it is a male Musk Duck. Apparently the 'second head appendage' is normal, the splashing and calling is a mating dance. So now it's explained.
I hope you enjoy these photos.
It is a Musk Duck, native of 0z.
[QUOTE=MephistosTrapezoid]On the Myall Lakes, New South Wales. This photo was taken early morning in 'Professors Cove' from a houseboat.
This very strange black duck with seemingly two heads (!) lol, came from amongst the reeds. It was calling and every few seconds it would splash with its back leg. My husband reminded me that the local wood Ducks sometimes flail about pretending to have a broken limb to keep you from their nests.
It went past a pair of Swans and their Signets; they looked at it but didn't react. It made its way back and forth along the shoreline doing this for about half an hour and then went back into hiding.
I sometimes overreact for a tic, and I honestly thought, 'oh no! It’s a mutant and it’s been attacked for being different and has a broken leg, poor thing'. My husband said, 'no, it’s a Platypus'. We laughed a lot about that.
When I got back to the bird book I found it is a male Musk Duck. Apparently the 'second head appendage' is normal, the splashing and calling is a mating dance. So now it's explained.
I hope you enjoy these photos.[/QUOTE]