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Further to Marc Gardner's account of his birding at Mt Isa with Bob
Forsyth, I have spent the last 3 days in my hide at the Clearwater lagoon and
have seen the birds they mentioned but also Buff-banded Rail and
Spotless Crake both of which have never been recorded at the Lake before.
I think the Spotless Crake has only been seen once before in Mt Isa at the
Sewage Ponds. A Baillons Crake was also present. I was able to photograph all 3
species. In addition to the 6 species of finches Marc mentioned I also saw and
photographed Black-throated Finch. Also visiting to drink were flocks of
budgies. The Little Grassbird was often in the open and was collecting grasses
for nest building.
Don Hadden
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