Hi everybody -
Yesterday (Sunday 2 June) I saw a Spotless Crake at Albert Park Lake, which
is a couple of kilometres south of the Melbourne (Victoria) CBD. I realise
that they are seen in Melbourne from time to time, but this was the first
sighting for me at APL in something like 17 years of regular - almost
weekly - surveys. It may well be another example of birds moving out from
a drying inland towards the coast, and it would be interesting to hear of
similar sightings.
If anyone wants to have a look for it, it was at the outer edge of the
reed-beds at the north-western end of the Lake, roughly opposite the
swimming centre.
Cheers,
Hugo
Hugo Phillipps
Communications Coordinator
Birds Australia
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