Spotless Crake

[Nicolette Thompson <>]

On both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings (16th & 17th) of this week I had 
excellent views of three Spotless Crakes as they fed in and out of the reeds on 
the far 
side of Buckley's Hole on Bribie Island. Both mornings they fed around the base 
of the 
reeds and along the muddy edges for approximately 20-30 minutes. This was early 
- 6.00 
to 6.30 am.  On Tuesday evening there was one Crake in the reeds just in front 
of the 
hide but I  only had glimpses of it.  The "Birds of Bribie Island, Pumicestone 
Passage 
and Environs" Eds: Beverley Durant & Ian Macrae, list Spotless Crakes as very 
rare in 
the area, so I thought the birders in the south-east of Queensland, 
particularly, may be 
 interested.

                Nicci Thompson.