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Hi Everyone,
Last week while having morning tea with my U3A
group at Mary Cairncross Park near Maleny, Qld., a Painted Button-quail was
flushed out on to the lawn in full view of my group. It crouched down
on the lawn and allowed me to get quite close for some photographs before
deciding that I was close enough and flew back across the road where I
guess it had come from in the first place. I was not sure what flushed it
out but I suspect a couple walking nearby or even a brush turkey which are
everywhere there at the moment.
It was a pleasant change as usually you only get a
flash of its rear end as they fly away from you.
The Park is a hive of activity at the moment with
many birds nesting: Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Eastern Yellow Robin, Black-faced
Monarch. Its a great place.
Jan
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