Simón discovered these four masked ducklings (afterwards we saw a fifth) and their mother among the giant arrowheads. The marsh plants provided an almost hidden environment, which made it difficult to find the family. This is the first record of masked ducklings on this site.

Simón discovered these four masked ducklings (afterwards we saw a fifth) and their mother (in this photo) among the giant arrowheads. These marsh plants provide an almost hidden environment, which makes it difficult to find the family. This is the first record of masked ducklings on this site.

Simón discovered these four masked ducklings (afterwards we saw a fifth) and their mother among the giant arrowheads. These marsh plants provide an almost hidden environment, which makes it difficult to find the family. This is the first record of masked ducklings on this site.

Simón discovered these four masked ducklings (afterwards we saw a fifth) and their mother among the giant arrowheads. The marsh plants provided an almost hidden environment, which made it difficult to find the family. This is the first record of masked ducklings on this site.

Alec tells us that on Friday 28th he spotted at least 5 individuals. The male in the photo was at the northern end of the Coypu Pond. Then he saw a female a 100 m to the south (though shy she kept hidden in the vegetation). And some 200 or 300 m farther to the south there were other 3 males in the cattail clear, sort of path cut in the direction of the river coast.

In eclipse plumage