The Grey Teal

Thanks for your kind comments yesterday on my Scribbly Gum. I am sure this tree was an inspiration for some Aboriginal paintings.

 
A quick visit to Playford Lake as we are having visitors to dinner shortly. The Grey Teal is almost all grey-brown. Each feather of the body is edged with buff, except on the rump. The chin and throat are white, the bill is dark green and the eye is red. The secondary wing feathers have glossy blue-black patch, broadly bordered and tipped with white. In flight, a large white wedge is visible on the underwing. The Grey Teal is one of the smaller Australian ducks (males are larger than females). Both sexes are similar in plumage.