Myself, Grev and Margaret Reidy also visited Mcgrath's hill on Sunday
morning and saw similar birds that you saw but while we missed Tawny
Grassbirds and Buff-Banded Rail, we did manage to see 2 Spotless Crakes
and a Pectoral Sandpiper. We had excellent views of Little Grassbirds,
saw less Baillon's Crakes but more Spotted (around 10).
We did see an unidentified birder in the distance, perhaps yourself?
This site has improved tremendously over the years.
Simon Blanchflower wrote:
> Dear All, Went down to McGraths Hill this morning and saw a couple of
> interesting things....12 Pink-Eared Ducks, 20 Shoveler, no less than
> 27 Baillon's Crakes, and 3 Spotted Crakes, and also a not so regular
> Buff-Banded Rail, 1 Glossy Ibis, 20 odd Sharp-Tailed Sandpipers, both
> the Grassbirds, 4 Long-billed Corellas (local feral population), plus
> the regular finches (Nutmeg, Chestnut-Breasted, and Goldfinch). Saw 56
> species in total this morning at this location.
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