{"id":3036,"date":"2017-01-25T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=3036"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:26:07","slug":"blue-billed-duck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=3036","title":{"rendered":"Blue-billed Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3038\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Blue-Billed-Duck-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Billed Duck\" width=\"980\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Blue-Billed-Duck-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Blue-Billed-Duck-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Blue-Billed-Duck-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Blue-billed Duck<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Oxyura australis<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 36-44cm.<br \/>\nThis small duck is one of our less common visitors, as it prefers deeper waters. The male is chestnut colour, with a black head. The female is a dull, mottled grey. In the breeding season the male&#8217;s bill is bright blue; it changes to a slaty grey when not breeding.<br \/>\nThey float low in the water when swimming.<br \/>\nThe photo below shows their relatively compact size.<br \/>\nVery rarely seen flying; if disturbed they prefer to dive.<\/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-3036 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=3039'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bluebill-Female-B1070184ct-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=3040'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bluebill-male-B1070121ct-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=3041'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BluebillShelduck-B1070207ct-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>Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis Length: 36-44cm. This small duck is one of our less common visitors, as it prefers deeper waters. The male is chestnut colour, with a black head. The female is a dull, mottled grey. In the breeding season the male&#8217;s bill is bright blue; it changes to a slaty grey when not [&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-3036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036","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=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036\/revisions\/3043"}],"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=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}