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| Photographed at Lake Wollumboula, NSW December 2015 |
740 PARADISE SHELDUCK Tadorna variegata
Australia (583)
The Paradise Shelduck is endemic to New Zealand and this one seen at Lake Wollumboula (near Nowra) NSW is the first record of one appearing in Australia. They are prize game birds and were hunted in New Zealand outside the breeding season, when the birds can not fly.
an amazing find - a first in Australia is fantastic - but it seems perfectly reasonable to take off if you are getting shot at
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