I did not visit the wetlands Saturday-Tuesday. Yesterday they were not in sight early morning (who starts at 0930? - the day’s almost over; anyway it seems early morning is not the best time for these). However the 2 females were resting behind the log at 2pm (visible from the fence), still there an hour later after foraging briefly. So far as I know the male has not been sighted since last Thursday.
From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2011 6:25 AM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] No more Painted-snipe?
I spent about an hour at various parts of Kelly's Swamp on Tuesday and did not see the Painted-snipe. From conversations with others it would seem there were observers on deck from about 9:30 - 13:00 but no Painted-snipe were sighted. Thus the final sighting might be as reported in http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds/2011-10/msg00069.html.
Martin
