[bcbirdclub] Re: New Yard Bird- Virgina Rail
- From: Daniel Kendrick <kendridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx" <Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:17:17 -0400
Quite awesome Mark!!
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 20, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I had a most unusual birding experience! Today, at about 2:30, I was
> trimming back a large Azalea on the front of my house & heard some noise
> coming
> from within the schrub. I assumed it to be a chipmunk, or a sparrow &
> continued with my clipping. A few minutes later I saw something run out the
> backside of the Azalea toward the rear of the house. I walked over to take a
> look & saw a rail standing next to my lawnmower? I almost couldn't believe
> what my eyes were telling me, but I backed off & went inside for my camera.
> I returned to the area with camera in hand & the bird was trying to slip
> back toward the Azaleas through the lawn equipment. I took this one photo
> before it flew back around the corner of the house to the Azaleas with head
> up, rump down, & legs(feet) dangling as it landed back in the Azaleas. I
> attempted to flush the bird for more photos, yet could not relocate the bird
> again. It either stayed in cover or slipped out when my back was turned ?
> This is an immature Virginia Rail on June-20 ---- makes me think the
> bird has been hatched close by?
> Any thoughts?
>
> "A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand!"
>
> Sorry for the poor quality of this photo- but I was lucky to get even one
> photo &
> I posted it because this is a story that's almost too true to believe!
>
> Good Birding Mark Mullins
> Claytor Lake, Va
> <Virginia%20Rail%201-e.JPG>
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