Purple Swamphens walk on (muddy) water

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Subject:	Purple Swamphens walk on (muddy) water
From:	"Esme Barker & Bruce Ramsay" <>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:58:11 +1100

The same thing is presently happening on Pt Hutt Pond. Up near the roadway where there is quite an extensive patch of mud on the water surface. Not only Purple Swamphens but also Coots. And about 11.45 today there was an immature Darter actually swimming in the mud layer!!!

Bruce Ramsay

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