{"id":2872,"date":"2016-12-10T08:06:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T00:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2872"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:17:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:17:33","slug":"australian-wood-duck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2872","title":{"rendered":"Australian Wood Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2876\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Australian-Wood-Duck-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"australian-wood-duck\" width=\"980\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Australian-Wood-Duck-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Australian-Wood-Duck-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Australian-Wood-Duck-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Australian Wood Duck<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Chenonetta jubata<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length 45-60 cm.<\/p>\n<p>This beautiful bird is one of the duck species less often seen at the lake. Previously relatively uncommon in the south-west, the population is said to have expanded greatly with the spread of cultivation and the creation of farm dams. They are numerous at Wembley golf course, where they graze fairways and rest on the permanent water reservoirs. A tree hollow nester; look out for ducklings in spring. The males aggressively defend their young broods.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Duck&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2872 gallery-columns-6 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=2875'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Wood-Duck_0584ct-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=2874'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Wood-Duck-Pair_8635ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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>Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata Length 45-60 cm. This beautiful bird is one of the duck species less often seen at the lake. Previously relatively uncommon in the south-west, the population is said to have expanded greatly with the spread of cultivation and the creation of farm dams. They are numerous at Wembley golf course, [&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-2872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2872","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=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2894,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2872\/revisions\/2894"}],"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=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}