Like the afternoon, the day before, I made another late trip to Sydney Park. This time I was a bit more successful.
Bailon’s Crake
Persistence paid off. I finally saw my first Crake – a Bailon’s Crake (Spottless Crakes have also been seen at Sydney Park). This was thanks to another bird watcher there – I think his name was Alain, show saw it first and pointed it out to me. It was skulking behind the reeds. Here are some more photos –
Here you can see it with a Latham’s Snipe on the right –
It was a shy reclusive bird and was not visible for long.
Here are more photos of the Latham’s Snipe –
There was also a Buff-banded Rail –
No sign of the Lewin’s Rail that others had seen the evening before.
And some of the other birds –
And a Stinkhorn –
