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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edward" data-source="post: 1198879" data-attributes="member: 822">Now that is a painful dip, my condolences! For some reason Black Grasswren is my absolute no.1 most wanted bird in the world and I get the impression that due to the distances involved for visiting birders (even once you are in Australia) it's the kind of bird that you only have one crack at. I know a British birder who wangled his way on to a mail run from Broome to that area and was given three hours on the ground to find one and he saw it 10 minutes before the plane was due to leave. So even though the literature tells us that Black Grasswren is common its restricted range, seeing them is another thing. I'll have to take plenty of supplies when I eventually make the pilgrimage.Fascinating reading though!E</blockquote>