Last Monday, 18th May we caught a glimpse of a mid sized quail scurrying
on the ground through dense garden shrubbery on a steep bank behind our
shed on Tasman Highway, St Helens. The impression from the brief view
was it looked paler and less robust than Brown Quail, a bird often seen
near St Helens. Thinking possible Painted because occasionally we see
them around here as well and the habitat more likely, I gathered my
binoculars searching for ten minutes, eventually decided to put that
observation down to experience after not finding it.
Then this morning, about 5 metres from the monday observation, lying
dead in the middle of the driveway was one dead male Stubble Quail. I
went to find a freezer bag and in that short period a visitor arrived
running over and flattening my perfect corpse. According to the books,
apparently Stubble Quail are uncommon in Tasmania except King Island.
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