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At the swamp

Purple Swamphen
My sister has been visiting from Queensland this week so we took the lovely drive out to Dunns Swamp which is on the Western border of Wollemi National Park, about 30km from Kandos.

Dunns Swamp (Ganguddy) is at the headwaters of the Cudgegong River, created when Kandos Weir was built in the late 1920s to supply water to the cement plant.

I grabbed a shot of the swamphens as my bird shot for this week.  I will show you a photo of the "swamp" tomorrow, it is not a swamp but rather a lovely lake.



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  1. PerthDailyPhotoSeptember 22, 2018 at 11:53 PM

    Sounds familiar Joan Elizabeth, I tried to catch a shot of a purple swamphen a few days ago, not as lucky as you though 😊

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    1. Joan ElizabethSeptember 23, 2018 at 8:38 AM

      I didn’t have my long lens so had to get closer which of course meant they ran way. Got lots of photos of their white bottoms rather than their purple heads.

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  2. KaySeptember 23, 2018 at 2:28 PM

    I don't think I've seen these birds before, heads or bottoms.

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    1. Joan ElizabethSeptember 23, 2018 at 4:08 PM

      It is probably an Australian bird. I wonder what frequents your inland waterways. You will have to post a photo one day.

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