Painted Snipe on Ash Island, Newcastle, NSW

[Jim Smart <>]

The Painted Snipe on Ash Island were present again this morning. The 
location is 1.5km in from the bridge over the Hunter River near 
McDonalds, Hexham. They are in the grazed  kikuyu and paspalum swampy 
paddock opposite the entrance to the model areoplane flying field. There 
is a body of open water on the far side of the field. The snipe move 
around in the grass between the road and the open water. This morning 
they were about 100 to 150 metres from the road. Sometimes they are 
clearly visable with a scope, at other times they vanish into long 
kikuyu. There are also many teal feeding in the same area as well as 
nesting stilts.
Jim Smart
East Maitland


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