I guess it really is a matter of luck or, perhaps more correctly, how long you
are prepared to stand in one spot....I was there last night from about 7.30pm
to 8.30pm but only managed 2 Spotted and 1 Spotless....I'll have another go
today
Regards
Frank
> Should have waited a little longer...
> I got to the inlet channel around 6.15 (I believe I passed you Ian on the
> way) and stayed until 6.45. I saw the Baillon's Crake, which didnt seem to
> mind wandering around in the open for the duration. A Spotless Crake
> showed itself several times, and I didnt have to wait long for the
> immature Buff-banded Rail to show itself. I then got several extended
> views. I then wandered around to Cygnus hide to watch the Black-winged
> Stilt. The usual ducks and dotterels were there (as mentioned in the
> past). On the far shore (SW) I watched another Buff-banded Rail wander in
> and among the tall grass and mudflat. Other birds in the fringing
> vegetation of Kelly's Swamp were 2 New Holland Honeyeaters, several Rufous
> Whistlers, Cisticolas and Double-barred Finches. As I left I heard a
> Little Corella fly over and encountered Kevin Windle on his way to check
> out the rails/crakes.
>
> Cheers
> Marnix
> ----- Forwarded by Marnix Zwankhuizen/ACT/AEC on 20/01/2005 09:46 AM -----
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> This evening, 2 Spotteds, plus the Spotless and the juvenile Baillon's. No
> rail...
>
> Harvey's tree-climbing exploits have given me an idea! (Unfortunately
> these
> days I'm better at ideas than climbing trees; sadly that gives some idea
> of
> how my arboreal aptitude has degenerated.) Would not an elevated crake
> hide
> at the channel be a wondrous thing?!
>
> cheers
>
> Ian
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