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Coastal marshes
Gray cheeks and relatively small size make me think Virginia Rail over Clapper ...
Virginia Rails live in marshes and rarely come out of the reeds and into the ...
Photo by park visitor, Keith Olstad, shared with permission.
Managed to flush one while walking through the marsh, but these tracks were all ...
It kept puffing up as shown in the first photo. Seen near sunset at low tide.
Sometimes referred to as a marsh hen.
This bird was captured at a banding station near Rockton, Illinois and released ...
A very uncommon sighting in the middle of such a big city!
Normally very difficult to see, this one made a quick dash across a gap to the ...
The Virginia Rail is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.
Found dead. The only one of its type I have ever seen in this area.
small waterbird, who are brown, darker back and head, with orange legs.
Lifer for me medium brown rail with dark wing stripes and light feathering ...
Image on #1 & #2 were taken in +7 high tide on Jan 11 which flushed out some ...
This species is typically secretive; so it was a welcome surprise to enjoy an ...
Chickenlike marsh bird with a long, heavy bill and a short, upturned tail.
"The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a ...
-and-white barring on the flanks and undertail. This is the only
"The light-footed clapper rail (Rallus ...
Well I thought I might as well start mixing things up now. While birding around ...
Medium-sized, chicken-like marsh bird. Gray or reddish compact body with short ...
With all the recent rain Great Meadows NWR was flooded and that brought the ...