Kadar the male musk duck
this time by the eastern viewing area,
more fish than bird,
going under.

Further south are bardoongooba the shoveler
and two ngoonan grey teals.
They’re heading his direction.

And I remember another time 
a musk duck came up under a scared 
Pacific black duck
at the southern end of the lake.

I think of this 
just as this musk duck
goes under again.
The other ducks keep swimming.
And then
they suddenly fly off in a panic, 
as the musk comes up between them,
showing his slippery black head,
with the only other things left
a couple of feathers 
from the departing shoveler
and teals.