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Kelly's swamp - spotless crake seen?

To: "Peter Ormay" <>, "martin butterfield" <>, "COG List" <>
Subject: Kelly's swamp - spotless crake seen?
From: "F & H Allsopp" <>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:57:44 +1100
Saw the glossy ibis there early this morning.  Also had good views of a Latham's snipe and a Buff-banded rail.
 
Wednesday evening we watched a crake for quite a while (from Ardea Hide at some distance) before deciding it was a juvenile spotless crake.  We couldn't see any stripes - just brown on the back and grey below.  Each time it turned towards us we saw a distinctively pale throat area.  No photo unfortunately.  Has anyone else seen one of these at Kelly's recently?
 
Heather & Fred Allsopp
 
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