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So, if you aren’t already sick of the birds of the Marine Nature Study Area after over imbibing on Black Skimmers and Great Egrets, there is one more bird that Daisy and Kerry and I spotted there that I would like to share with you: a Clapper Rail!  After we had been at the preserve [...]

‘Light-footed’ Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris flavipes
Newport Back Bay, California. 14 March 2005
 
Mike’s “On the Rail at Oceanside” post yesterday, and his and Mary’s subsequent comments about Clapper Rails, reminded me of one the most memorable birding encounters I’ve ever had.
Two years ago, on a bright and beautiful morning, I was parked up by some [...]

The weekend began for me with a Friday night for the ages, if I could only remember it. Daisy, her two sisters, her brother-in-law and I went to a karaoke bar and I made the mistake of trying to keep up in terms of drinking soju, a Korean liquor. I learned [...]

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 [...]