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A big button-quail day

To: rohan clarke <>, birding aus <>
Subject: A big button-quail day
From: robert morris <>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:14:59 +0000
HI Rohan
Could you let me know where abouts you saw these (RCBQ). I still have not seen 
one on the deck! Did you see then at night (spot-lighting) or during the day 
(or both)
Thanks, kind regards

Rob Morris



Brisbane, Australia




> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:40:35 +1100
> From: 
> To: 
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] A big button-quail day
>
> Hi All,
>
> I drove up to Terrick Terrick National Park in north-central Victoria
> last night to search for Red-chested Button-quail. Although usually a
> rarity (or at least rarely encountered) in Victoria, there have been a
> smattering of reports in the state in the last 3-4 months. As luck would
> have it I saw at least eight individuals including several stunning
> adult females. During the day and around dusk the native grasslands were
> alive with the sound of Stubble Quail but it was after dark that the
> button-quail were mostly heard. In the same area as the RCBQ, I also
> flushed about 30 Stubble Quail including many young ones and about 10
> Little Button-quail including one very cute chick.
>
> On the way home this morning I stopped in a patch of woodland near
> Heathcote and chanced upon a single Painted BQ - the third species of
> Button-quail that occurs in Victoria.
>
> I've posted photos of all three species taken in the last 24 hrs here...
> http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/buttonquail
>
>
> Thanks to Simon Starr (www.firetailbirdwatchingtours.com) for posting
> the original report and for providing some additional tips on where to
> search.
>
> Cheers,
> Rohan
>
> --
> Rohan Clarke
> www.wildlifeimages.com.au
>
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