[texbirds] Re: RFI: Black Rail
- From: Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:47:21 -0600
I saw one briefly at the McFadden NWR but only briefly and as a sheer chance. I
suspect most Black Rails sightings are sheer chance. They're out there. Good
luck.
Dan Smith
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On Mar 3, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Huh, 99.999% of all Black Rail sightings are brief and inadequate. You are
> in good company.
>
> Seriously, there are well-heard and occasionally seen Black Rails at the Port
> Aransas Birding Center in late winter / early spring, but it takes frequent
> visits until you get lucky.
>
> We heard a Black Rail calling in the wet marshy area of Hazel Bazemore Park,
> Corpus Christi, in mid-April of 2011, obit not in 2012 (although I did not
> visit it much in that period). One of the keys seemed to be a bright moon
> in the middle of the night. No moonlight, no kee-kee-doo.
>
> I guess that the only real "best shot" is to follow them to their breeding
> grounds, and even then they can be confounding.
>
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 9:26 AM, "doefamily@xxxxxxx" <doefamily@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I would like info on where and how to find Black Rail along the Texas Coast.
>> My only previous observations ( just outside Pt Mugu Naval Air Station, and
>> Upper Newport Bay, both in California) were brief and inadequate.
>>
>> I would accept hearing diagnostic calls, but I really want to see one.
>>
>> Bob Doe
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