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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-B2DC96A5-2027-4E0E-A769-FD0147B55CF3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Very late for a rail chick but it should have time to reach migrating size. I= wonder if early nests got flooded out? I also think Sora as there has not b= een any Virginia Rails seen or heard at Miners Marsh this season (based on e= Bird maps) despite the many observers. A good idea not to advertise its wher= eabouts and hold-off on eBirding it until fall.=20 Nancy D Sent from my iPad > On Aug 16, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote: >=20 > This afternoon there was a Rail chick at Miner's Marsh that I almost stepp= ed on. It appeared to be all black although the underneath could have been a= lighter colour. It ran back in the cattails. > Although Soras and Virginia Rails are black at at this age, one has to pre= sume it was a Sora. It seems rather late for Soras (and Virginia Rails) to h= ave young(?) but I haven't researched that aspect. > (I'm not certain that the location should be made public since it would be= easy to flush this one out).=20 > Angus --Apple-Mail-B2DC96A5-2027-4E0E-A769-FD0147B55CF3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Very late for a rail chick but it should have time to reach migrating size. I wonder if early nests got flooded out? I also think Sora as there has not been any Virginia Rails seen or heard at Miners Marsh this season (based on eBird maps) despite the many observers. A good idea not to advertise its whereabouts and hold-off on eBirding it until fall. <div><br></div><div>Nancy D<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 16, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This afternoon there was a Rail chick at Miner's Marsh that I almost stepped on. It appeared to be all black although the underneath could have been a lighter colour. It ran back in the cattails.</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Although Soras and Virginia Rails are black at at this age, one has to presume it was a Sora. It seems rather late for Soras (and Virginia Rails) to have young(?) but I haven't researched that aspect.</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (I'm not certain that the location should be made public since it would be easy to flush this one out). <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Angus<br> </div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html> --Apple-Mail-B2DC96A5-2027-4E0E-A769-FD0147B55CF3--
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