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Seldom seen but often heard, this medium-sized rail lives in marshes across much of our continent. They forage for food by probing in mud or shallow water, picking items from ground or from plants, or stalking small creatures and capturing them with a swift thrust of the bill.
Like other rails, the Virginia Rail prefers to escape danger by running through marsh vegetation rather than flying. If forced to fly in order to escape it will only fly a short distance.
While photographing shorebirds during a recent outing I was surprised when I looked up and saw this Clapper Rail walking across a nearby puddle. If that wasn’t enough it gave me a nice fluff up before disappearing back into the reeds.
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Rallus crepitans
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The Ribblehead Viaduct, also known as the Batty Moss Viaduct, is located in North Yorkshire, England, and carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss. It is notable for being the longest and third tallest structure on the railway line, standing 104 feet (32 meters) above the moor with 24 magnificent arches. The viaduct was designed by John Sydney Crossley, the chief engineer of the Midland Railway, and construction began in 1869, with the structure completed by 1874 and opened for passenger services in 1876.
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I was just taking Bella on her walk and I thought I would see what a hand rail would look like through the lens and then I spotted the fly .
A Virginia Rail peeking out behind a cattail in it's marsh habitat.
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Smaller and distinctly slimmer than the Moorhen, the Water Rail is a fairly common but highly secretive inhabitant of freshwater wetlands. Difficult to see in the breeding season, it is relatively easier to find in winter, when it is also more numerous and widespread.
Hot off the press, so to speak, this is an image of the famous Forth Bridge taken this morning about 40 minutes before sunrise. Does that count as a night shot? It certainly felt like it.
I was very pleased that conditions were good for the sunrise this morning because I had to make a compromise decision between shooting the Perseid meteor shower of getting up early for sunrise. I’d have been most upset If the sunrise was poor having decided to skip the meteor show. Once upon a time I would have been game to stay up all night shooting a sunset, starscapes, meteor shower and finish off with a sunrise to boot but those days are behind me. So I let somebody else enjoy the night show whilst I was warmly tucked up in bed, albeit with a 3am alarm call, which when I think about it was actually when the Perseids were supposed to be at their peak. Perhaps my logistical planning needs some work. Oh well!
The Virginia Rail patiently waits the arrival of its partner from the other side of the trail. It was nice to be able to fire off a few pictures before they resorted to the marsh
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands.
Lewin’s rail is a highly secretive and seldom observed bird. It prefers permanent, fresh-to-saline wetlands surrounded by dense vegetation: ie swamps, lakes, and wetlands as well as artificial wetlands surrounded by thick vegetation, where they forage in shallow water around the water's edge. Lewin's rails feed mainly on invertebrates and occasionally bird eggs and frogs.
Moorhen Rail Male
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October 05, 2017. Sand mine Jaworzno Ciężkowice, Poland. The unique photo of our steam locomotive - it is a private property of "Towarzystwo Ochrony Zabytków Kolejnictwa i Organizacji Skansenów w Pyskowicach", in the sand field in Jaworzno Ciężkowice. Tat day a German group of DB Schenker company employees has paid for replacement of diesel to that steam locomotive Ty42-24 for two days of working in that sand field.
The track for the CityCenter tram, reflected in windows at the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas (formerly the Mandarin Oriental) as the Aria rises into the background at CityCenter, Las Vegas.
Probably my better banded rail photo as it shows a bit more detail. As I was "walking" on the rocks this bird appeared some 30m away from where I was. Luckily I managed to get a shot before it disappeared again!
I went out early today not thinking I'd get anything. Boy, was I wrong. I got lots of stuff in a very short time, including this Clapper Rail, who seemed to prance back and forth in front of me and pose with ruffled feathers!
At Fort Fisher. An amazing experience sitting near a very small drainage pond and watching a few Clapper Rails and 6 or 7 chicks, hanging near the edge in the tall grasses. I wondered if I should bother trying to get a decent shot. Within minutes the chicks were swimming across the little pond and I saw one of the adults catch a fish. Wow!
Enormous shade of a cloud covers the field around the loaded steel coil freight, which is ready to depart Kelenföld with the couple of Czechoslovakian locos in direction of Székesfehérvár.
Nikon D5300 + Tamron SP 70-300mm Di VC USD
ISO-320; 1/1000sec; F-stop f/8; EV:+0.3; 105mm (70mm)
San Luis Island, Texas. For Bay Area people: this is NOT a Ridgeway's rail; this one is still called "Clapper."