Lesser Scaup brooding.
#lesserscaup #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Russian Brent Geese with their surrogate goslings.
#russianbrent #darkbelliedbrentgeese #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
The Avocets are doing such a good job with their two youngsters, especially when the weather hasnt been ideal for the first few days of their lives.
#piedavocet #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Three Trumpeter and two Whistling Swan Cygnets.
These guys are three days old, feeding and growing well.
#trumpeterswan #whistlingswan #tundraswan #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Pied Avocets
At the start of the season we must make Sand areas to encourage nesting.
Now at the end of the season a grass makes them happy!
#piedavocet #babyavocet #parentrearing #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Argentine Red Shoveler
Doing an excellent job of rearing her six ducklings
#argentineredshovelers #redshoveler #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Grey Crowned Cranes
First pair of the year to start nesting.
#greycrownedcrane #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Argentine Ruddy Ducks
Black female
#argentineruddyduck #lakeduck #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Atlantic Brent Geese
We managed to catch a female laying an egg yesterday. No easy task!
#atlanticbrent #lightbelliedbrentgeese #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Argentine Ruddy Ducks
#argentineruddyduck #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Cackling Canada Geese
Our first female of the season is now sitting.
#cacklingcanadageese #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Blonde Canvasback female has started laying for the first time at our facility.
#canvasbackpochard #blondecanvasbackduck #canvasbackduck #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Spectacled Eider
This is the first time this female has laid for us.
Last season she creche reared all our young Spectacled Eiders making the transition from rearing tank to outdoor living much easier for us and the ducklings.
Hopefully she will improve the quality of her nest as she continues to lay.
#spectacledeider #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald #seaducks
Pacific Eider males
A proven four year old male and a two year old juvenile displaying on land.
#pacificeider #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Pacific Eider
Our first female of the season to start brooding.
#pacificeider #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Silver Red Headed Pochard
It has been a few years since we last bred some of this colour morph.
#redheadedpochard #silverredheadedpochard #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Whistling Swans are now brooding and seem as happy as we are about it!
#whistlingswan #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
The first pair of Trumpeter Swans of the season to start brooding.
#trumpeterswan #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
East Indian Grey Teal with their ducklings.
#eastindiangreyteal #smithsnurseriesthorngumbald
Demoiselle Crane pair
Bred at our facility in 2022, both birds in excellent condition.
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