Sorry Philip
I gave my location in my first post but didn’t consider how many posts have been made since then.
I live in Box Hill, an eastern suburb of Melbourne. Our neighbourhood has fairly conventional gardens with lawns and exotic plants and we live opposite a park with native trees, regularly mown grass and some understory plants. The nearest wetlands are Blackburn Lake (2km as the rail flies), Koonung Creek (about 2.2km away) and Blackburn Creeklands (about 1.1km). Michael Tarburton says that Buff-banded Rails are seen at Blackburn Creeklands.
Our front garden has a dense Westringia hedge and solid clumps of tussock grasses, Lomandras and Dianellas and it would be very easy for a Rail to remain unobserved. Our dogs probably discourage the Rail from visiting the back garden but there is dense understory where the dogs are excluded. The neighbours’ gardens are more conventional.
David
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From: “Philip Veerman”
Sure, but where are you?
Philip
