I'm in the Queenstown area again and had another look for the marsh crakes at Lake Hayes yesterday (28th February).
They are still there .... saw, photographed and managed some video of two birds feeding under thick lake side vegetation.
The council (I presume) have knocked over a large area of willows that were surrounding the lake edge and giving the raupo edges some protection (privacy) which is a shame. However, these two birds were in that area so doesn't seem to have affected them.
Video can be seen here .... https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/n-vCZ9 ... 4-1920.mp4
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