[texbirds] Re: Yellow Rail? Panhandle
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 16:35:56 -0500
white wing patches are in fact what one remembers almost solely...Now that
is not to rule out a white-wing patched bird say from Uma Guma, Tobago or
something but ain't nothing else regular in the US gots 'em...Don't recall
seeing them in Sept. (Petra..?) but sure had enough of them in early
October...Not sure we ever did combine trips this early in Sept. w/o
digging way back into notes......IE on a second cut. Those wing patches
bright or dull are pretty much diagnostic.
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Today, while surveying private property in the eastern panhandle, my
> coworker and I flushed a small rail from the thick grasslands. I
> immediately was drawn to white flashes in the middle of the wings and
> yelled "Yellow Rail". The bird landed, but we were unable to flush it
> again. I thought the bird was meadowlark colored, but my coworker says it
> was a darker shade than that. My question: was my assessment of this bird
> correct or was this a juvenile Sora? I saw no pale in the tail, but I was
> too distracted with the bright white in the wings.
>
> There was rain all night associated with this cold front. I imagine this
> is why this bird was in the grassland. I am also certain that this was a
> rail.... unless it was a female King Quail like the debacle Ohio birders
> just faced.
>
> Cameron Carver
> Lubbock, TX
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