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The Stunning Plumed Whistling Duck
I never ever thought we would ever have this stunning duck the Plumed whistling duck on our property and two of them, a pretty little female and a handsome male walked daily around our property, regularly coming up near the back of our house and laying under the shade of a tree near where we had a bowl of fresh water. Late afternoon they would fly out to feed on the seed in local pastures and return to a base camp during the day. Well this couple thought they were living in a resort with fresh water plenty of shade...
The Third And Fourth Days Of Our Road Trip To Dubbo
We were having two full days at Taronga Western Plains Zoo so we decided on our first day we would do all the guided tours first, leaving us to wander freely around the Zoo on the second day. I think for me the highlight was feeding the Tigers This was a private feed where a few people went into a special area that exposed the tigers. They came right up to us and we were able to feed them holding their food with tongs. When they jumped up on the wire fence to take the food they were huge, but surprisingly...
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