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kennedyh wrote:
No pond or lake, the water birds are mostly fly overs.
The Australian Wood Duck is however a grazing duck and is often seen on green grass away from water.
Thet have been in our garden a couple of times and more often on the grass roadside verge.
They are called Wood Duck, because they nest in holes in trees often quite high up.
Here are a pair of Wood Duck on our front verge: