In a similar fashion last year a Banded Rail took up
residence outside the Ansett building in the city of
Melbourne - I was lucky enough to see it a few times.
(I even showed my Mum - uhh - how sentimental can you be!
Her comment: "it's not as interesting as the Weka!").
Apparently the Ansett staff got very attached and even gave
it a name - "Raily". Has anybody heard about what happened
to this bird? Is it still there?
Tim
> Hi all ... when I was patiently waiting at the security entrance to
> Government House, Sydney this evening for the Australian Chamber Concert to
> begin I chatted briefly with the police on duty which they fed the birds ...
> Rainbow Lorrikeet, Black Duck, Noisy Miner, Australian Magpie and Common
> Mynah. Not an unusual list, so I returned to reading my edition of
> "Forktail" ... only to hear "aahh, the roadrunner ...". Another concert goer
> uttered "what is that?" and I quickly replaced reading specs for more normal
> ones. There, on the bitumen surface, in full view, a Banded Rail. Not only
> that, the police said it had chicks in the undergrowth in the gardens near
> by. It seemed unperturbed ... even brazen. The best views I have ever had
> ... and many more. The police told me that is was often there and is ignored
> by the tourists. They love the Lorrikeets.
> The concert was ok too.
> Brian Everingham
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