Am I ever glad that I woke up at 5:15 this morning to go to Black Creek Marsh! Will and I heard or saw 10 Virginia Rails, including a couple that came right out to us in response to Will’s tape. Amazing! I have never had such looks at this normally shy and sneaky marsh-bird. And was Will angry he left his camera home…
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Oh, MAN!!! I was at Black Creek Marsh on Thursday (4-19-07), and didn’t get any Virginia Rails. Talk about nemesis birds…
–Hope
I may have left my camera at home, but you wouldn’t have seen or heard any if I didn’t bring my handy dandy digital player!
@ Hope: Go back soon…they were in almost every thick stand of marsh plants.