NZ Scaup

My visitor and I took elsa to dog park this mrning. She did enjoy it. I checked out a pond nearly for anything interesting...as you do.( I also just happened to have my long lens with me)

The New Zealand scaup commonly known as a black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. In Maori commonly known as papango

It is a dear little duck with the most unusual call. No babies of anything to be seen yet.

Great large to see what he/she has dredged up from bottom of pond.