Birds Musk Duck

[Ralph]

Going by the internet the pouch thing is just that. Nothing important.
It gets the Musk name for a gland at the back of it. And I thought that dangle part was why.
But as long as I have been birding I have had this on my list of must gets.
Then yesterday 30-09-2021 I went to a local wetlands which is wide and there it was.
And close to the edge and this gave me the chance to get off a few shot.
It was in mating behaviour so this could be why it was hanging about there.

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cool and unusual bird. Looks like a ball bag that

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Fascinating, never seen or heard of this bird before.

 

[Sdawes]

Really interesting bird well captured .