Swimming behaviour in rails

["Peter Ewin" <>]

Chgris,
I can't help you with ID, but I have definitely seen both Baillon's and 
Spotted Crakes swimming, very much like a Moorhen does, so it wouldn't 
surprise me if most rails can swim (particularly given their habitat).
Cheers,
Peter


> From: "Chris Sanderson" <>
> To: Birding-aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Swimming behaviour in rails
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:42:32 +1000
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thought I'd tap into the collective consciousness.  I was birding in Boonah
> near Brisbane on the weekend and saw a rail in a dense cluster of reeds 
> near
> the information centre.  In south-east QLD my first thought is always
> Buff-banded Rail, as this is the common option around here.  However when
> this rail saw me it proceeded to *swim* away from me, something I've never
> seen before.  I only had a very brief look, and the overall impression was
> of a bird with little or no pattern on the front (I didn't get a look at 
> the
> rear).
>
> So... has anyone had any experience with either Bush Hen, Buff-banded or
> Lewin's Rails swimming?  I'm sure from the shape and size of the bird that
> it wasn't a Baillon's Crake, and the bird was quite brown.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
> Brisbane, QLD
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