G'day Hugo, and everyone else,
You wrote:
>Yesterday (Sunday 2 June) I saw a Spotless Crake at Albert Park Lake, which
>is a couple of kilometres south of the Melbourne (Victoria) CBD. I realise
>that they are seen in Melbourne from time to time, but this was the first
>sighting for me at APL in something like 17 years of regular - almost
>weekly - surveys. It may well be another example of birds moving out from
>a drying inland towards the coast, and it would be interesting to hear of
>similar sightings.
Here's a similar sighting...
On Sunday 2 June I saw a Spotless Crake on Sullivans Creek in The ANU
Campus, which is a couple of kilometres west of the Canberra (ACT) CBD.
They are seen in Canberra from time to time, but this is the first time I
have seen one at ANU in over three years of regular - approximately
twice-monthly - surveys. I've had a look at previous Spotless Crake records
for Canberra which are sporadic to say the least, and am going to attempt
to see if there is any correlation between their occurrence here and
drought further inland. By the way, Jan/Feb 2001 saw the first breeding
records for Spotless Crakes in the ACT.
Harvey
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