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Roger,
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that, a hard one. Especially as both of these are not anything close to common
(so not much to say on the basis of probability). Both of them do have an
undertail pattern but similar in both (barred), so that would not distinguish
between them, apart from that maybe pattern being hard to see in flight. I'd
call it a UFO or as you say: put it in the too hard basket. Maybe others may find it. The one Lewin's Rail we had at Commonwealth park in Canberra a few
years ago (that I think from memory Jenny Bounds first reported) stayed around
for weeks and many people got to see it and is the only one of them I have ever
encountered.
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah ACT 2902
02 - 62314041
Hi All
Today at the West Belconnen Pond a bird flew up from some reeds about a
metre in front of me, flew maybe 20 metres across water and then landed in reeds
on an island. I could see it there; but not clearly. It seemed grey rather than
brown and i would have said it had no undertail pattern. It flew like
a bird rather than like a quail, though its initial burst out of the reeds was
quail-like, there was no whirring of wings.
Should I claim Lewin's Rail do you think ? Spotless Crake ? or put it in
the too hard basket.
If i see it again under similar circumstances,
( i
will be looking )
is there anything in their jizz to differentiate the species.
roger curnow
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