Testing pays off
I have finally bitten the bullet and got a new iPhone. I now have an iPhone 17 Pro, acquired through MYMAC on Flinders St, who were as always very helpful in setting the device up. A large part of the reason for choosing this model was because of its excellent camera. The device has many other other good features - one can even make phone calls with it! So I decided to go to Albert Park Lake to test the camera. The first few images are of birds within about 50 metres. I am very pleased with their quality. The photos were taken at the SE Conservation Ponds. When I got to the top pond I saw a tiny Crake with tawny upper side and grey breast etc. Clearly a Baillon's Crake. I didn't have the phone in my hand and by the time I had got it out the bird had disappeared into the reeds. I hung about for about 20 minutes, and saw a crake-shape in tunnels in the reeds but no snappable sightings The species has been reported to eBird 5 times in t...