Mick - there is at least one published record for the Hunter! The first
ever Red-chested Button-quail was collected and named by John Gould, at
the upper Hunter property where he and Elizabeth spent a lot of time on
their Australian trip (the property was owned by her brother, if I
remember correctly).
Alan
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From:
On Behalf Of Michael Todd
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2006 4:32 PM
To: Edwin Vella; birding-aus
Subject: NSW Another good quail day in Sydney's
Hawkesbury area - 4th Feb 2006
Hello Edwin,
It might be a good time for quail at the moment. I saw a couple of
Red-backed Buttonquail on Kooragang Island (Newcastle, NSW) a few days
ago. There are also lots of Brown Quail around. Interestingly there are
no published records of Red-chested Buttonquails in the Hunter, that I'm
aware of at least . This seems odd to me as I would have expected them
to appear in the upper Hunter from time-to-time.
Cheers
Mick
Michael Todd
Wildlifing
Images & Sounds of Nature
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www.wildlifing.com
Toronto, NSW, Australia
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Edwin Vella wrote:
>
> Yesterday morning (Saturday 4^th Feb 2005) I spent a few hours with
> Stuart Pickering looking for more quail at the corner of Cuppitts Lane
> and Cornwallis Rd in Richmond (approx 55km NW of Sydney CBD). It was
> fairly hard going after early rain going through the damp grass (some
> sections at least waist height) but the light was excellent and the
> hard effort was well rewarding especially for Stuart adding 2 lifers
> to his list.
>
>
>
> We located no less than 2 Red-chested Button-quail (possibly same 2
> birds flushed 3-4 times) as well as at least 3 King, 12 Stubble and 6
> Brown Quails (2 of the later where young birds about the same size of
> a King Quail but unlike the King Quail do make a more audible sound
> with their wings when flushed). As usual the distinguishing
> orange-buff flanks of the Red-chested Button-quail (when viewed from
> behind) are quite obvious when flushed at close range. Good views were
> also had of the other Quail, in particular the King Quails where we
> could clearly see on one of the male birds its black and white
> markings on the chin as well as all the other colouring of the bird.
>
>
>
> There were loads of Signing Bushlarks as with last weekend (no less
> than 20 seen with many perched (3 at one time) on the hay bales
> allowing very close approach) and they were often flushed along with
> many Golden-headed Cisticola and a few Reed Warblers. Other birds seen
> included a Swamp Harrier, a few Black-shouldered Kites and a few
> Chestnut-breasted Mannikins.
>
>
>
> There are many other paddocks that look good in the turf farms for
> quail (I heard many other Stubble Quails calling in these other
> paddocks) with by permission from the land owners may be worth
> investigating.
>
>
>
> Edwin Vella
>
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>
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>
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