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Buff Banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis mellori

Photo by StevenSpragg
Published on Project Noah
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I stumbled across these shy birds while walking around Herdsman Lake. There were two parents and a single chick, mother and baby noticed me immediately and headed for the reeds, the male stayed still allowing me to get some good shots of it.

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PublishedSeptember 24, 2011

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