Juvenile. Feeding on Button Grass.
Single, Solitary, observed swimming and feeding in fairly open area, alongside grassy banks of islands and Melaleuca Paperbarks, at SW Coastal Wetlands / Big Swamp Parklands.
Late Spring / Kambarang
Adult , parent with chicks.
Chicks can be seen in images 2,3,4 and noticeably lack the bright colouration of the adults, instead the chicks have black coloured head and body with dark beak and legs.
At SW Wetlands/ Big Swamp Parklands
Spring/Kambarang