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Virginia Rail

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Virginia Rail

By: Pat Coate

Many thanks to Jim Adams (http://ayearinoatka.blogspot.com/) for recently helping me add a couple life birds to my list. One was this Virginia Rail, seen at Mendon Ponds Park near Rochester, NY.

Normally a secretive bird, this one was easier to find than usual due to a shortage of open water this winter. Virginia Rails feed by probing shallow water and mud for insects, fish, frogs and other aquatic animals. The small area of open water where it was forced to feed is near a hiking/cross country skiing trail in the park which allowed for unusually good views.

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This entry was posted on 13 March 2014 by . It was filed under iPhone and was tagged with .

One response

  1. Joyce

    one of God’s beautiful creatures : ) thanks for sharing

    13 March 2014 at 5:21 am

    Reply

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