CAPE BARREN GOOSE, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

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CAPE BARREN GOOSE, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

MUSK DUCK, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this duck as a Musk Duck by its short wedge shaped bill, large brown head, brown above with paler barring (on the small upperparts area we can see),

grey-brown below (from what we can see) and floating low in the water (similar to a cormorant).

   The Musk Duck is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 672.

BROWN FALCON ON POLE & IN FLIGHT, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this raptor as the pale morph of the  Brown Falcon by its dark brown upperparts, whitish underparts streaked with brown, bluish bill and pale chin and face.

   The Brown Falcon is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 671.

REFLECTIONS OF SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

TIGER SNAKE, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

REFLECTION OF A CURLEW SANDPIPER, WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT, WERRIBEE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA