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This posting was intended for the night of Mon. Dec 8th, until
the combination of a failed power source and the dreaded sven virus put me out
of action for 10 days.
I was very pleased
to locate the reeve on the arvo of the 8/12 after an hours search. There was no
longer any mud on themargins of the pond where Colin Reid and others first found
the bird, heavy rains having raised the level of the pond. I found the reeve
about 200m north, on the waters edge, just near the bridge forming part of the
Port of Brisbane Motorway. First spied a couple of sharpies, then scoped the
edge and low vegetation, and there it was. Had good, close (30m) views for 30
mins of its back, then front, then left, then right, then with a sharpie
standing beside to complete the show. It then sat down, disappearing from view,
leaving me one happy birder( and feeling sorry for Bob Robbie who was also there
but left before the reeve was found)
Have any other birders
seen the bird since the 8th?
Russ Lamb, Maleny,
SEQ
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