[NatureNS] Unidentified bird(?) at Annapolis Royal Marsh

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:45:29 -0300
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IAll:

I agree with Randy Lauff that this sounds like the male call of a  
Virginia Rail. Altho' much, much less likely, the King Rail has a  
somewhat similar call, perhaps a little less grunting, but as  
deep-pitched.

These sounds are available for on-line Googling at a number of sites.

Cheers, Ian

Ian McLaren


Quoting L Jenkins <ljenkins@ns.sympatico.ca>:

> I heard the sounds again this morning, in the same general vicinity.  
>  I happened to be walking past the spot when it made its sounds (a  
> thick, narrow strip of trees and bushes separates the path from the  
> high reeds at the edge of the marsh at this point, so impossible to  
> get a sighting).
>
> Phonetically, this is what it sounded like:  
> "grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk", all at the same pitch,  
> very low-pitched, fairly loud, and more throaty rather than a clear  
> sound.
>
> Does this help with its identification??
>
> Lois Jenkins
> Annapolis Royal
> http://annapolismarshwalker.blogspot.com



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