Suzanne Bloomfield
It was such a surprise on my morning walk to find 6 Radjah Shelducks paddling in puddles in Chaplin Park.
During the eight years of living at Chaplin Park we have never spotted these ducks, although they have previously been seen before in other areas of Noosa in small numbers.
They are usually found in the Paperbark Tree swamps, Mangrove flats and lagoons of the coastal tropics of NQ and NT, New Guinea, Moluccas Islands off Indonesia.
They are absolutely gorgeous birds, and it would be wonderful if they nested in the hollows of the Paperbark trees along the Noosa River.
If you spot them, please keep your dogs on leash.
