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Le Maupas Mireval (34)
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porzana parva Nombre común en: Catalán: Rascletó Alemán: Kleines Sumpfhuhn Inglés: Little crake Castellano: Polluela bastarda Esperanto: Malgranda porzano Euskera: Uroilanda hankaberde Gallego: Galiñola bastarda Francés: Marouette poussin Italiano: Schiribilla eurasiatica Polaco: Zielonka Portugues: Franga-d'aigua http://www.avesfotos.eu/polluela-bastarda.html
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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Whakapuaka Wetlands settling ponds. The crake was right at the far end of the third pond on the right. Possibly more than one.
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One marsh crake at the Wakapuaka Wetlands (rear right hand pond). Same spot as I photographed one two years ago so they are still around. Photos not so good this time but still good enough for a positive ID.
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One marsh crake at the Wakapuaka Wetlands (rear right hand pond). Same spot as I photographed one two years ago so they are still around. Photos not so good this time but still good enough for a positive ID.
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One marsh crake at the Wakapuaka Wetlands (rear right hand pond). Same spot as I photographed one two years ago so they are still around. Photos not so good this time but still good enough for a positive ID.
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One marsh crake at the Wakapuaka Wetlands (rear right hand pond). Same spot as I photographed one two years ago so they are still around. Photos not so good this time but still good enough for a positive ID.
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Earliest arrivals are the Greater, the Lesser arrive later having flown a further distance and over a mountain range.
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One marsh crake at the Wakapuaka Wetlands (rear right hand pond). Same spot as I photographed one two years ago so they are still around. Photos not so good this time but still good enough for a positive ID.
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Now littering land and air in their hundreds.
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Now littering land and air in their hundreds.
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Sorry for the blurry pictures. If I got any closer there wouldn't be a picture. ;-)
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On the left.