A cryptic shape in the gloom. Haven’t looked at the
distant video yet g
From: Steve Holliday
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Sent: Sunday, 14 October 2007 3:03 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Painted Snipe at Kelly's Swamp
Prue
and I were lucky enough to see a male of this gorgeous bird at Kellys earlier
this afternoon. We found it while scanning the reedy shore opposite Cygnus hide
for crakes. It was about 10 metres to the right of the fence that comes down to
the waters edge. We were able to get rather better views from the bank
next to Bittern hide. Take a scope if you can - it was a bit too far away to
see well with binoculars.
