{"id":3001,"date":"2016-12-26T10:56:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T02:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=3001"},"modified":"2017-03-17T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T03:56:47","slug":"australian-spotted-crake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=3001","title":{"rendered":"Australian Spotted Crake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3006\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spotted-Crake-1024x906.jpg\" alt=\"spotted-crake\" width=\"980\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spotted-Crake-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spotted-Crake-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spotted-Crake-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spotted-Crake.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Australian Spotted Crake<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Porzana fluminea<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 19-22 cm.<br \/>\nThis bird is endemic to Australia, and is found mainly in the South-east and South-west, always near water. It was not seen at the lake for many years, but reappeared following the replacement of bullrush with native reed species. Look for them early or late in the day, probing for food in the soft mud close to reedbeds. Although normally secretive, they are somewhat bolder than our other two crake species.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Crake&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3001 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=3003'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crake-Spotted_5565cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=3004'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crake-Spotted_9936cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=3005'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crake-Spotted-PC020098ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Drawings kindly provided by Pam and photography by David Free and other artists where noted. The audio clips provided by David Secomb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea Length: 19-22 cm. This bird is endemic to Australia, and is found mainly in the South-east and South-west, always near water. It was not seen at the lake for many years, but reappeared following the replacement of bullrush with native reed species. Look for them early or late in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3001","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3576,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3001\/revisions\/3576"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}