Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Painted Snipe pops up after 17 years

Taken 17 years but today an Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis) finally popped up in front of me.

A male, the bird was feeding busily at the edge of a flooded claypan/hymenachne paddock beside the road through Orient Station, southeast of Ingham.

Species is on the all-embracing Hinchinbrook area list, but I've no idea how long ago regular sightings were being made to justify it as a 'common seasonal' visitor.

But will it be there tomorrow? Perhaps with a female? We'll see...  

3 comments:

John Kooistra said...

Great find Tony!

Mosura said...

That's great!
Good things come to those who wait.

Duncan said...

Ten out of ten for this one Tony!

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