To echo Tom's caution about snakes at Samsonvale, there are also Taipans in
the area so be careful, especially if you plan to look for Button-Quails or
King Quail in the grassy areas.
Regards,
Chris
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Tom Tarrant <> wrote:
> I know this is slightly off-topic but over the past month Gavin Goodyear
> and
> I have noticed higher-than-normal presence of large snakes in our area, NW
> of Brisbane.
> We have recorded various species but the most obvious are undoubtedly
> Eastern Brown and Red-bellied Black Snakes, culminating in a 2-metre Brown
> 'bailed-up' by our dog under the stairs this afternoon.(probaby reducing my
> resident Painted Buttonquail population by three-quarters to one!)
> If you are planning a birding-trip to Lake Samsonvale be very careful, Gav
> and I have both walked within 2 metres of basking Browns near the location
> of the recent reports of Baillon's and Spotless Crakes from Roy Sonnenburg
> and Steve Murray.
>
> Tom
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