A pair of birds seen during our Species Census at Helidon Spa.
Observers: Olive Booth, Laurie & Michael Atzeni, Carol & Alan German.
Buff-banded Rail - 28/10/06
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Buff-banded Rail - 28/10/06
Michael Atzeni
7 Woden St, Murphys Creek 4352
Mob: 0499 395 485
7 Woden St, Murphys Creek 4352
Mob: 0499 395 485
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Pipped by Steve Burke for a Buff-banded Rail
Steve Burke emailed yesterday to say he saw a Buff-banded Rail
in the front garden of the Lindsay St Medical Centre on the 28 September 2006 across the road from Queens Park, in downtown Toowoomba.
This species can turn up in some very odd places. Some may recall the bird we had around the DPI&F Tor St complex for a couple of months, a couple of years ago. Very amusing to watch from my office window scrambling for cover everytime a car or person approached, occasionally utilising the Abelia hedge directly outside my office window.
Cheers
in the front garden of the Lindsay St Medical Centre on the 28 September 2006 across the road from Queens Park, in downtown Toowoomba.
This species can turn up in some very odd places. Some may recall the bird we had around the DPI&F Tor St complex for a couple of months, a couple of years ago. Very amusing to watch from my office window scrambling for cover everytime a car or person approached, occasionally utilising the Abelia hedge directly outside my office window.
Cheers
Michael Atzeni
7 Woden St, Murphys Creek 4352
Mob: 0499 395 485
7 Woden St, Murphys Creek 4352
Mob: 0499 395 485
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I'd have to agree. Up here in the South-east I've seen a handful of these birds and I'd have to say that just about every one of those has been by the roadside, even on the Warrego Highway, near the Esk turn-off. It seems that whenever there is a little rain they decided to venture out from the rank grasses there and risk life and limb.
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