Hardhead Duck ? Grebe ?
No idea what this striking duck is. The white eye and bill-tip stand out quite well. There were a few of these in the duck pond at the Botanic Gardens, but none got particularly close to me.
View all photos taken: Friday, 10th November 2006, This photo: 1:10pm
It kind of looks like a Hardhead Duck. Nice shot
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Thanks Alexandra :)
oooh your photo buddy is all in a twist !!
wouldna know what sort of duck it is - am marginally puzzled as to why it got its name - if a hard head it is, I can think of more appropriate names- white eye for example. I think we should start a campaign to rename this duck.....
anyway - difficult to capture clearly when they are getting some steam up, so well got !!
Took me a second to get that Helen ;) (re: the buddy)
As for the duck's name, no different from your decidedly not golden-eyed Golden Eye. ;-)
But yeah, they're tricky little blighters to catch when swimming - I had several headless or tailless duck shots I threw out.
I thought it was a decoy!
hehehe well if it was, it was a very sophisticated motorised one ;-)