On Sunday, July 30, there was a Virginia Rail right next to the road (north side about halfway along the wetland) with 2 or more black downy chicks— very vocal.
Ken Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2023, at 10:47 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > As of last weekend July 29-30, Both pairs of Common Gallinule have very > small, very cute young, a pair on each side of Hile School rd through > Wetland. They can often be seen well enough to try for some photos with a > longish lens. > > I am out of town but wanted to mention it to photographers before they got > much bigger. Gallinules South had 5 when first seen and Gallinules North had > at least 3. A Coopers Hawk has been working the area and of course there are > some humongous snappers. > > Oh and multiple Kestrels were collecting to forage in the fields east of the > Wetland, east of 220 last week <Saturday July 29. > > I’ve seen no sign of rail chicks, but I haven’t been checking eBird so maybe > someone else has. > > Anne > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
