OBSERVATIONS OF THE LEWIN'S RAIL (LEWINIA PECTORALIS) AT OYSTER COVE, TASMANIA, JULY 2014

摘要

When I saw my first Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis), it was late in the afternoon of 27 July 2014. My friend Karen who lives at Oyster Cove and I went for a walk from her house along the coastal track that leads through Putalina, the land owned and managed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. As we approached a footbridge, Karen spotted a small rail fossicking below the tussocks near a fallen tree that spanned the small creek. I could not see many details due to the low light so took some photographs hoping to identify the bird later.