On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 1:12 PM Philip Veerman <> wrote:
I’m sure Harvey is right. Although apart from “The only reason” it stayed there, it is still remarkable that it found that spot, an isolated opportunity. Rails
generally are good dispersers until they find islands and over time become flightless……. The bird at Commonwealth Park …….. Still the only ever Lewin’s Rail I have ever seen.
Philip
From: Harvey Perkins [
Sent: Thursday, 7 March, 2019 12:12 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Lewin’s Rail at Jerrabomberra
The only reason the Lewin's Rail was there was the soggy, boggy conditions created by a heavily dripping tap, which provided good conditions for a while for said earthworms. Apart from the organ and Floriade traffic, the tap was fixed,
and possibly subsequently removed altogether. But it was a remarkable situation. Certainly provided a lifer for me, and I suspect quite a few other people.
On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 12:01 pm Martin Butterfield < wrote:
The Commonwealth Park bird paid no heed to people on the path. However it was very prompt in voting with its wings when Floriade installed a huge pipe organ within a few feet of its preferred roosting
spot.
When we are in Canberra the site in question is at the midpoint of our morning dog walk. I always check for a returned Rail with, so far, no luck.
On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 at 11:27, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
An enigmatic species, hard to know what’s in its head. Lach’s stills are much better than mine, from brief encounters at Crake Alley and Namadgi Visitor Centre. It’s one of those bird that just turns up. I might recall for new subscribers
the strange episode many years ago (telephone chatline days, I think) when Harvey Perkins reported the bird at Commonwealth Park. Over a couple of weeks it came out of the shrubbery to gather earthworms in a wet patch of lawn within a couple of metres of
a busy footpath. Some old video at –
https://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/lewins-rail-lewinia-pectoralis/bird-walking-and-foraging-earthworms-urban-park
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