Red-necked rail behaviour

[Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <>]

Hi Andrew,
Previous generations of Red-necked Crake at Kingfisher Park (before our 
time) used to come around a feeding area outside the office for cheese. 
If there was no cheese they would come into the office/reception area 
and wander around until someone obliged with more cheese. Subsequent 
generations have not learnt this behaviour and prefer to hide in the 
rainforest!
Cheers,
Keith & Lindsay.

   Keith & Lindsay Fisher
   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
   RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road
   Julatten QLD 4871
   Ph : (07) 4094 1263
   Fax : (07) 4094 1466
   Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au
   Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/


Andrew Thelander wrote:
> Hello everyone
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> For those like myself who struggle to get decent views of red-necked rails,
> I am hearing some mighty strange stories from the Mission Beach area.  The
> birds have bred early this year, it seems, and some have become emboldened.
> One tourist resort operator is reporting that the birds are coming inside
> the resort's food storage area (inside a building).  They are even doing
> this while people are present - dashing in to grab something off the floor
> and then scurrying out.
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> The source of this information knows the difference between a red-necked
> rail and a buff-banded rail and has never seen them so emboldened before in
> 12 odd years at the resort.
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> Has anyone made similar observations of red-necked rail behaviour?
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> Regards
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> Andrew Thelander
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> Author of Last Birds
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