Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)

[John Forrest]

Here are some more of the wildfowl, geese this time. Please correct me if any names are wrong.

1 Bar Headed Goose
2 Barnacle Geese
3 Emperor Goose & Ruddy Headed Goose
4 Hawaiain Goose
5 Red Breasted Goose ?male
6 Red Breasted Goose ?female

[Lesley Cox]

These are lovely birds John and a pleasure for me to see them. Do you know the NZ native Paradise ducks or Parrys as we often term them? They are a kind of shelduck, a little like the Australian above but the male is blue black with white under his wings when he flies and just for once, the female is more spectacular with a beautiful glossy tan body and a bright white head. She too is white under the wings as she flies. A pair feeds on our rather paddock-like lawn sometimes but always manages to keep a little ahead on my camera when I go towards them.

[mark smyth]

John the two geese Emperor Goose & Ruddy Headed Goose RE .jpg are a pair of Upland Geese from Chile

[Anthony Darby]

I like the Ne Ne (Hawaian Goose). Note the reduced webbing between the toes.

[Maggi Young]

Water birds are obliging in being relaxed in the main,about being photographed, aren't they? This place has a great collection, I am most impressed.

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images John, many thanks.  Been absent from the forum for a while as my computer (or more precisely perhaps my broadband connection) has been playing up....still can't conquer it unfortunately (until 'super son' pays me a visit), so I must travel to my daughter's house every couple of days to access these pages with her machine....SO frustrating!  Got the odd picture or three to post as well!

[John Forrest]

Good luck with the computer Cliff. I have only just beaten the gremlins out of mine after changing providers. The last one took about a month to resolve.

Thanks for the positive comments guys. Now for your help with the ones I couldn't find on the poster at Grange.

[Maggi Young]

Can't help, John but  my hair used to be the rich chesnut red colour that No. 2 DSC0049  hass along the side !Those were the days, it is so dark now that it only really looks red in strong bright light, and now the grey begins... not a worry that lovely duck has.
The last two were perfect twins, I thought at first, now i see they are a pair... lovely. They're geese of some kind, are they? Judging by the neat beaks/bills?

[Anthony Darby]

That middle one just looks like a ruddy Shelduck to me?

[Lesley Cox]

What? ANOTHER ruddy shelduck?

John, I remembered 2 more this morning. Aquilegia scopulorum making buds already and the gorgeous Lilium chalcedonicum. Just 3 but doing very well. I'm thrilled to have this since seeing it in Greece in `93. Love the shape and the colour. Many, many thanks.

[Paul T]

Anthony,

They all look like ruddy ducks to me...... or were you meaning that as a name or description, rather than an expletive!! 

[mark smyth]

photo one could be an eclipse Cinnamon Teal
photo three shows two female Upland geese

[Lesley Cox]

What do YOU think Paul?

[Paul T]

If I'm the Paul you're asking..... no idea.  They look like ducks to me, nothing more specific!! LOL  The third pic does have different shape to the heads, enough to make me doubt that they ARE actually ducks, but I'm no expert on ducks.... in fact far, far, far, far, far, etc.... from it.

[ajbroome]

Folks,

Some kind of Mayfly (Septemberfly?).

Hard to get a good picture but an interesting looking critter.

Andrew.