whistling ducks @ west coast park's marsh land

the first time i saw such ducks was at the symphony lake at the botanic gardens. later i learnt that they had been sighted at the sungai buloh wetlands, kranji marshes and at the shores of pulau tekong besar. there was also a report that jurong bird park had some of them. today i came across a flock of eight lesser whistling ducks at the marsh garden of west coast park 3.

according to an article on the internet, the lesser whistling duck is a threatened species in singapore. there are not more than 200 of them in the wild.

lesser whistling ducks tend to be quite shy; when you get too close to them, they will fly away. this duck flies like a goose with its long neck sticking out and drooping below the body, and wings beating rapidly.