Two IDs Please..

[Julie Clark <>]

Hi All,

Today at Yerrabi Pond I took the attached photo ... not sure what I thought it was, but on looking at it tonight think it might be a Royal Spoonbill. I've never seen one down there before and have only seen them a couple of times before. I can't think what else it would be though.

Also, a couple of days ago at the large Forde pond I had a brief glimpse of a waterbird in the reeds. It was dark coloured with bright red legs and smaller than the moorhens and coots ... more the size of a crake (probably in between the size of a Baillon's and a Spotted - both of which I saw on the same day.)

I didn't think I'd managed a photo, but found the attached fairly useless shot when I went through the photos yesterday. My only attempt at an Id would be a Spotless Crake, but I've never seen one before and have no idea how likely that would be.

Any help with either would be appreciated.

Cheers

Julie

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Julie Clark