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I'd just got my new toy (70-200VR) and happened to be in Ballarat on conference when I decided to try it out on Lake Wendouree. Shooting birds was challenging at 200mm in the morning light on an overcast day. I was getting discouraged when I spotted something coming at me from under the water.
When it surfaced I was still looking through the viewfinder and initially because it was black and slick, I thought there was some sort of crocodile (absurd I know). I was a little taken aback by this thing that was swimming just beneath the water. After re focussing and waiting for this thing to beach itself I found it was actually an unusual bird (I'm told a musk duck). It actually was relaxed at my presence, and I was able to take a few shots before it swam away in a more ducklike manner. 
That first pic is hilarious!
 Talk about trying to go "in cognito".
It is indeed a musk duck - and most likely a male one ... the females do have a similar flap of skin under their beak, but it is much much smaller.
Hi JZA70-mel,
consider yourself very lucky 
We had a male musk duck in the Tidbinbilla nature reserve, but it passed away during the bush fires 
It was a killer 
It was kept seperate from his girl friend because he would have killed her after mating 
He always had a go at the ranger during feeding time. Cheers, CD
That's one ugly bird. Yeesh!!!!
Simon
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