Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Finding a Clapper Rail

Ever go walking along a trail and see something just so amazing you have to stop and appreciate it?  Just the other day, my wife and I were on our way to work and we made a quick detour at a state park that is known for being a great place to hear but also see Clapper Rails.  Rails are awesome and hard to see birds.  They like to hide in tall marsh grass and they walk very slowly and carefully.  They can even walk on matted reeds that can make their way into and around marshes.

But back to our incident.  As we walked back to our car, we passed an open stream in the marsh.  In the open stream we found ourselves a Clapper Rail.  But as you can see from the video, it just wasn't a Clapper Rail...


You ever have an encounter like that?  Post it in the comments below.  Until the next time, get outside and go birding!

Link to Wild Bird Wednesday - Link Here

Clapper Rail at All About Birds - Link Here

8 comments:

  1. Wow! You hit the mother lode for Clapper Rails! What a treat. Closest encounter to this was about 50 cedar waxwings spent an afternoon in our back yard.

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  2. HI WOW! How exciting. it would have been great to just see and film the Clapper Rail but seeing 3 young and then being able to catch them on film Fantastic. When I was in Australia, I saw a Cassowary with his 1 week old chick. I was the first person to see and photograph it and had that on video. Someday I will show it on my blog.

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    1. WOW! That is super cool. please make sure to email and let me know when it is up

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  3. How cool, seeing the rails chicks is awesome.. Great video! Thanks for sharing, have a happy day!

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  4. Nice work Jesus! I DIPPED on this lifer yesterday!!! A friend told me that there was a Clapper out in the open and we went to go find one.....aaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnd after a long wait, nada!!! So believe me when I tell you, congrats! EPIC!

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    1. Thanks! It was really awesome to see the bird. I went to check on the chicks yesterday and one parent climbed up on a hill of moss and started kerking. We heard four or five responses! We were astonished!

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