{"id":2706,"date":"2016-11-26T20:46:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2706"},"modified":"2017-03-05T21:33:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T13:33:37","slug":"pink-eared-duck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2706","title":{"rendered":"Pink-eared Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2710\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pink-eared-Duck-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"pink-eared-duck\" width=\"980\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pink-eared-Duck-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pink-eared-Duck-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pink-eared-Duck-900x657.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Pink-eared Duck<\/h4>\n<h6>Malacorynchus membranaceous<\/h6>\n<p>Length 38-45 cm.<\/p>\n<p>The Pink-eared Duck is endemic to Australia and is widespread where suitable water bodies are present. Like the Australian Shoveler, it feeds by filtering water and soft mud with its specially shaped bill.<br \/>\nThey nest over water in a tree stump or hollow and have taken to our nesting boxes. The typical clutch size is seven but, as with other ducks, there is a heavy loss to predation.<br \/>\nMales and females are alike.<\/p>\n<p>These birds sometimes use our nesting boxes for breeding.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Pink-eared Duck&#8217;s call<br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2706 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=1925'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Duck-Pink-eared_0298c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=1589'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Pink-eared-at-nestbox_5323c0001-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2804'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Duck-Pink-eared_5383cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Drawings kindly provided by Pam and photography by David Free and other artists where noted. The audio clips provided by David Secomb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pink-eared Duck Malacorynchus membranaceous Length 38-45 cm. The Pink-eared Duck is endemic to Australia and is widespread where suitable water bodies are present. Like the Australian Shoveler, it feeds by filtering water and soft mud with its specially shaped bill. They nest over water in a tree stump or hollow and have taken to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3489,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2706\/revisions\/3489"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}