there were few ground-dwelling birds in my yard until a few months ago when I noticed a brief flash of feathered chestnut skulking in the ferns near the pool. I didn’t think much of it at the time until a few days later I saw this most beautiful bird – a Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philipensis – in full view. Over the next few weeks we got more and more familiar with each other’s company. Now it is dead. eaten by neighbourhood cats.
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SPOTLESS CRAKE
