crompton wrote:
Hi All, I desperately need help ! During a Birding trip through the
sandhills at Cronulla, I stopped at the large pond where amongest the
Hardheads, both Hoary headed and Australasian Grebes and Purple
Swamphens , I spotted a singular waterhen that had the body colour
of say a Dusky Moorhen but a very yellowy green beak but no red face
shield like that of a Dusky Moorhen. It definitely was not an
Australasian Crake as no spots were on the body and I dont think
it was a Black tailed native hen as the beak was more slender and the
area is way out of range, although the body colour was pretty spot
on. Could it have been a immature Dusky Moorhen ( as they dont have
the red face shield , I think )? No other Dusky Moorhens were present
on the pond ( if in fact it was a Dusky Moorhen ) ?
As a side note that whole area holds an extrodinary number of species,
that same day I saw a Horfields Bronze Cuckoo and the day before a
Brush Bronzewing ! I will submit a bird list at a latter date, thankyou
G.L..Crompton
Could it have beena Lewin's Rail - they are in that area???
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