Well yes, they are far more often heard than seen. I think Brown Quail are easier to see. About where? If they are heard, then that answers you as to where
they are. Strolling around that environment (usually grassy paddocks or crops), is the best option (that is if it is allowable to go there) but generally they will only be seen (if at all) when flushed and flying away. Probably though they walk quite fast
enough to run away without flying at all. On one of the Lindenmayer camps some years ago I was in a car doing the surveys when one Stubble Quail happened to walk close to the stationary car, as I recall it was either Bruce Lindenmayer or Malcolm Fyfe who took
off his hat and dropped it out the window onto the bird, which no surprise flew off, as the hat floated down. I was in the back seat, behind.
Philip
From: Canberrabirds [
On Behalf Of Steve Read via Canberrabirds
Sent: Wednesday, 15 December, 2021 2:47 PM
To: Martin Butterfield
Cc: Canberra birds
Subject: [Canberrabirds] Stubble Quail (was 4 Cuckoos in Wamboin)
Grateful for advice on where I might actually SEE a Stubble Quail - I must have heard hundreds but have never cast eyes on one.
Do I just need to walk through long grass where Stubble Quail are calling? Or is there an alternative?
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 1:34 pm, Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
In the last 2 days I have heard Stubble Quail calling from the paddocks next to Campbell Park and Jerrabomberra Wetlands.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 13:05, Kathy Cook via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
Four Cuckoos at our place in Wamboin over the last day: Koel (2), Brush
Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo and Shining Bronze-Cuckoo.
A curious baby Owlet-Nightjar responded to neighbourhood noise by
closely observing David mowing the grass under its nest box.
Other birds moving through in the last couple of days include Rufous
Fantail and White-throated Gerygone. Stubble Quail are again calling
from the lush paddock, after a long absence during the drought years.
A nice time to be out and about in the garden.
Kathy Cook
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