The elusive Chestnut
Rail is one of those birds that, while not rare, is rarely seen. If you want to
see this species, you really have to come to Darwin, and many who have come and
tried to see it have been unsuccessful.
The problem is that it resides in mangroves, that are difficult to explore without sinking in mud and risking encounters of the crocodilian kind. Also the bird is (usually) shy and likely to skulk off before you get anywhere near it. There is one neat way to overcome all these problems, search for the rail by boat!
Jim Smith of Sea Darwin and I have teamed up to offer a tour with the Chestnut Rail as the main target. At dawn on May 29th the tide is perfect for it, we can get you comfortably and safely into Chestnut Rail habitat with Jim's vessel effectively being a 'hide' to enable reasonably close views of the rail and many more mangrove species.
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