Last weekend I was walking in a delightful part of the Kosciuszko National
Park: the Tantangara area. I was on the ridge between the Tantangara Road
and Boggy Plains at an altitude of about 1460 metres. Our group came upon
some quails. Others got a glimpse of them on the ground - more than two
birds - and I flushed one. I'm not confident as to the species
identification. I did not hear any calls. Surely, though, they were Brown
or Stubble Quail?
The habitat is fairly thick Snow Gums with a tussock grass and low shrub
understory. This is not a setting in which I would expect to see quails. Of
course, they are normally found in grassland, though HANZAB mentions
Stubble Quail in alpine herbfields.
Any comments? Do others find it odd that quails will be in Snow Gums at
this altitude?
David
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David McDonald
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