[Birding-Aus] Lewin's Rail

[Bill Jolly]

Bird 210 for the Abberton list!

We saw a Lewins’ Rail briefly from the verandah on 17 December, couldn’t get any photos, spent many long hours watching and watching without another sighting and assumed it had been just passing through. No less special for that, a wonderful addition to the Abberton list, but presumably just a one-off moment of excitement to be replayed in our heads for years to come.

Until it reappeared on New Year’s Day! I’ve written it up on the website – with photos – go to http://www.abberton.org/birds2009.htm for more detail.

Unfortunately, yesterday's heavy rains have sent the creek into a minor flood and there are no margins in sight up or downstream. I'm hoping the Lewin's was here for the two weeks between sightings, and will move in again if and when the creek returns to normal.

Bill Jolly

"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
(27º 34' 21" S; 152º 08' 21" E)
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