Is this an outstanding year for crakes and rails for some reason?

[Susan Knowles <>]

We saw a Buff-banded Rail at Pilliga Pottery, north of Coonabarabran  
in early November.  We were told it had arrived a few weeks previously  
and was the first sighted on the property.
Susan Knowles




On 07/01/2013, at 4:15 PM, Paul Doyle wrote:

> David,
> I was in Bermagui area last week and saw my first ever Baillon's  
> Crake at
> Cuttagee. Have you seen them there previously?
>
> Paul.
>
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>  On Behalf Of David  
> Adams
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> To: Birding-Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Is this an outstanding year for crakes and  
> rails for
> some reason?
>
> I'm located on the far south coast of NSW near Bermagui where I've  
> been
> seeing Spotless Crake (1)  and Spotted Crake (up to 3 at a time) in a
> location where I've not seen them before. There's also Buff-banded  
> Rail
> there, which is not a surprise  Further south in the shire, the  
> crakes are
> showing up as well. The Canberra bird list has been alive with crake  
> and
> rail sightings (Spotted, Spotless, Baillon's, Buff-banded and  
> Lewin's.)
> There have also been a few reports of crakes from various places  
> along the
> east coast from people on this list.
>
> Is this just an excellent year for crakes and rails generally? I've  
> been
> figuring that after so many years of drought followed by a few good,  
> wet
> seasons that there's been a lot of breeding inland. Does anyone know  
> about
> the breeding activity of these groups of birds? Are we seeing  
> dispersals
> from breeding events inland or locally?
>
> Any thoughts or information welcome.
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