Went to Thomsons Lake last week with Martin Cake for a bit of a look.
With Martin’s expertise we saw all three of the common crakes for the area:
- Baillon’s Crake (Porzana pusilla);
- Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea);
- Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis).
They were all seen in the typha at the southern end within a few metres of each other!
Also seen was a tiger snake and a feral fox (inside the perimeter fence at the northern end of the lake).
Also seen was a tiger snake and a feral fox (inside the perimeter fence at the northern end of the lake).