Rails, Crakes & Coots (Family Rallidae)

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Re: Spotted Crake

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hmmm, wonder who spotted it first -O-


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Birders! 0*\


They use up too much petrol on things like this...not good for environment... 0-


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Stunning sighting, Flutterby,

and you got brilliant shots as well :-0


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Richprins wrote:Birders! 0*\


They use up too much petrol on things like this...not good for environment... 0-
There is a big lacuna in your nature lessons and knowledge of the environment if you do not include the birds. They are extremely important to evolution :twisted:


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Thanks for all the comments. \O

Lis, a friend of mine lives there and had told me about it on Friday night. I took a drive there on Saturday but couldn't see it, and tried again yesterday. ;-)


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Being so close, the trip is well worth a spotted crake ;-)


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The birds are fine, Lis...it's the birders that are nutty! =O:


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I have to agree. lol I admit I went to find the bird, but I took some pics and left. Others were camped there the whole day with chairs and cooler boxes...how many pics can you take of one bird? O**

Lis, some people came from as far away as the Free State! :shock:


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=O: =O: I don't think birders count pictures... =O:

Your photo's are beautiful Flutts.

I went out to Marievale 2 weekends ago, but it was madness - the cars were lined up for metres... 0- and that day there was no crake.


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Thanks Amoli! \O

Try Waterfall...only about 20 people at a time and plenty of space for everyone. ;-)


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