Prospect Park's lake is notorious for hosting some very strange hybrid
waterfowl, so I wasn't too surprised to find an odd-looking shoveler
in the park. What was first perceived to be a Northern Shoveler x Blue-
winged Teal hybrid, I'm now pretty certain is actually an Australasian
Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis). I have some photos and a short video on my
blog here:
http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2010/01/strange-waterfowl.html
Just wondering:
- How common are Australasian Shovelers in zoos or private collections?
- Have Australasian Shovelers ever been recorded outside of New
Zealand or Australia?
- What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Good birding,
Rob
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