As we are in Ballina for a short birding break, on Wednesday we decided to slip over to Casino (60 km) to have a look for the Australian Painted Snipe reported there. As we drove out along Barling Street, there were two cars pulling up ahead of us. Within a couple of minutes one of the group had located the 4 APS and by the time we left about an hour later there were about a dozen cars there. The Tweed Valley birders had arrived on masse. All had good views of the birds as they loafed and preened. The birds were at the largish wetland on the left of Barling Street after it becomes gravel. They were towards the further end of the swamp from town and about 40 metres from the road sitting on drying hyacinth. We parked close to 28° 50′ 07.24″ S and 153° 02′ 57.51″ E. There were three males and one female.
Thanks to Steven McBride for his original post.
Roy Sonnenburg ===============================
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