Following the recent discovery of Quail in Gungahlin by Marnix, I
have tried a couple of times to find some without any luck. Today I
went with reinforcements from Wollongong in the form of Damien Farine.
This was clearly a good move because the first bird we saw was a
Little Button Quail. 9 Stubble Quail later (all behaving in the
manner described by Marnix) we saw another Little Button Quail at
point blank range. A male, it flew about 20m dropping feebly back
into the grass. This was of course all a ruse because once back in
the grass it obviously sprinted away at lightening speed. In all we
saw 21 Stubble Quail and 2 Little Button Quail in an area of about
one hectare. After 20 years on the trail of Quail in the ACT this
was an unprecedented personal experience.
--
The Milburns
8 Miller Street
O'Connor
ACT 2602
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