Buff-banded Rail

This is a video of a beautiful Buff-banded Rail that came out of the reeds and began feeding near the edge of Herdsman Lake in Perth. These rails can be secretive and shy, especially at some of the inland WA lakes, but also very friendly at other places and when use to people, will pick up scraps of food under picnic tables.

Herdsman Lake is a good place for these rails and birding in general. My wife and I went for a walk at the lake on Saturday and recorded 56 bird species in about 2 hours, without really birding too hard.