[texbirds] Re: Yellow Rail on SPI
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: John Arvin <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:31:32 -0500
a playback and was heard by ~20 folks but but it was never seen ...there
was ample habitat in a fresh water marsh (then) however there at the
time...It could have been a migrant too. Can't speak to this SPI bird
except to say very small size which would be almost the first description I
would have provided....
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:18 PM, John Arvin <jarvin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mary Beth,
> Perhaps. But so far there has never been a verified sighting of Yellow Rail
> south of the coastal bend (more or less Aransas County). I know there have
> been other anecdotal reports like this one at that site - and this sounds
> like one of the better ones- but the fact remains there is almost zero
> habitat suitable for Yellow Rail at that location. Perhaps, if one
> invasions a migrant from farther south (where?) then the available habitat
> is good enough. Who knows? Not to squash a potentially important record,
> but .........
> jca
> John C. Arvin
> Research Associate
> Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
> 103 West Hwy 332
> Lake Jackson, TX 77566
> jarvin@xxxxxxxx
> www.gcbo.org
>
> Austin, Texas
>
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> From: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 6:32 PM
> To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [texbirds] Yellow Rail on SPI
>
> Hi, all,
>
> Apologies for not being able to get this out sooner, but I received a
> report from a long-time San Diego birder friend who is here for spring
> migration
> of a Yellow Rail she had from the Convention Centre boardwalk on Saturday;
>
> her description follows:
>
> "The bird caught my eye because it looked daintier than a Sora and was an
>
> over all tannish color. It had strong, distinct black stripe patterns on
>
> it's back, with white and tan borders. The legs looked silver grey with
> greenish yellow undertone. It stayed out feeding in a small puddle along
>
> the boardwalk for about 1/2 hour to 45 min. It had an overall
> tannish/buff/yellow color, and the strong pattern on the back was very
> noticeable, even
> with the naked eye. It also had some black at the base of bill, extending
>
> out to eye also, dark scalloping on the tan background along his
> flank/lower
> belly area. I was probably 10-15 feet away from the bird. I also looked
> at
> it with my field glasses (10 x 42 Leicas). I did a little sketch, since I
>
> don't carry a camera. It looked like a mature bird, one of it's wing
> feathers, white, had been damaged and was hanging out at a weird angle.
> We had
> been through about three days of nearly constant strong north winds, and
> so I assumed that it had managed to fly in on this wind and that was why
>
> the wing had the feather hanging out, and why the bird didn't notice me,
> but
> just kept on feeding frantically. I have seen lots of Sora's since coming
>
> to the Island in the spring for 10 years or so, and this bird was
> dramatically different. Very attractive bird. One of the few times that
> I wished
> I had been carrying a camera."
>
> She was unable to find the bird later, but that doesn't mean it's not still
>
> around. If anyone is interested in more details you can contact Alice
> directly at debolta@xxxxxxx.
> Mary Beth Stowe
> McAllen, TX
> _www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/)
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