Dear all,
two different individuals of Spotless Crake (one non-adult with a light
throat) showed well, one at each of the first two clearly-marked wooden
bridges (clockwise) along the Pula Reserve Circuit at the Werribee Open
Range Zoo.
I went there in response to a tip-off by Clive Garland who had seen Lewin's
Rail here around the same month last year. I failed to locate Lewin's Rail,
but other notable sightings included Buff-banded Rail (4), good views of
three species of lorikeet (Musk, Purple-crowned and - to my astonishment - 4
Little Lorikeets), and - for our friends of introduced species on this
mailing-list - one Greenfinch and 2 Song Thrushes. Also an Arctic Jaeger and
Calamanthus at the beach at Kororoit Creek on the way back.
Good birding,
Frank
PS: Does anyone on the list know any reliable VIC sites for Painted
Honeyeater at this unfavourable time of year, preferably not too far from
Melbourne??? On March 14, Clive Garland and I failed to find any at Clunes
SF (whence they had been reported a few months ago), though we did see 3-4
Fork-tailed Swifts and a small flock of Swift Parrot around the cemetery
area.
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============Frank E. RHEINDT================
DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
University of Melbourne
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Museum Victoria - Sciences Department
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson Street
Carlton 3053
Melbourne VIC
Australia
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