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Christian: If you happen to see harvesters getting ready, just ask the
combine fellow if you can ride along, even offer to pay a bit,,All you have
to lose is nothing...,There is no better way to see rails and rice fields
support a mother load of rail especially if good and soggy...Petra Hockey
and I did this in rice fields for a few years with a few different owners.
Incredible experience. However Black Rails remain somewhat elusive and
just do not flush even as they get "boxed" in, in ever decreasing uncut
rice. Cattle Egrets, etc. will eat them in a heart beat.. Also rice
harvesters wait into the day for heat/winds to dry out the rice from
humidity or dew and sometimes don't get started until well after noon.
They will not harvest damp rice. (Watch for Bitterns, Jacanas too :-)
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Fred Collins <fcndc@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I described the technique in the recent Texas Bird Annual. I also happened
to check the fields at FM 529 and FM 359 today, I asked one of the farmers
hands when he thought they would harvest and he thought about a month. The
fields south of I10 are usually a week or two earlier.
Fred Collins
At home on the prairie
Waller, Texas
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On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Christian Walker <christian.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
possibly see a Black Rail and other rails flushed by rice harvesting
Hey there,
I am currently living/working in the Katy area, and was hoping to
efforts.
Do Black Rails even use rice fields as habitat?recommendation for how to go about making this possibility become a
I understand the second harvest is underway. Does anyone have any
reality? Correct me if Iâm wrong, but I imagine the technique involves
driving around looking for fields being harvested, posting up, and scoping
for any flushed birdsâ¦
Does anyone have any reliable locations where I might try to find ricebeing harvested and hopefully see a Black Rail?
permission
Let me know, thanks.
Christian Walker
Independent Adjuster
Irving, Texas - currently Katy
(512) 431-2495
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