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This young one hopped up on a reed and put on quite a show of wing flapping and preening. I have never seen this behavior from a Sora before.
St. Albert, Alberta.
Shot on the High Line in New York City with the Olympus E-M1.
The High Line was once a freight short haul elevated railway along Manhattan's west side that avoided the wrecking ball when preservationists proposed turning it into a recreational linear park. It has now become a must-to site to visit for tourists coming into New York City. This is a section of the rail that was preserved.
Alongside the Union Pacific’s mainline at North Lake, Wisconsin - Sparkling overnight frost has given sections of spare rail a covering of Pure Cold. – November 2015 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
Clapper rail
New world bird of salt marshes, recently split into different species
The clapper rail is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. The taxonomy for this species is confusing and still being determined. The Ridgway's rail and the mangrove rail have been recently split. Furthermore, some taxonomists consider that the King rail and Aztec rail should be considered within this group, as those birds look similar and the birds are known to interbreed where they share territories.
A Sora Rail (Porzana carolina) skulks through the cattails in a small wetland near St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
23 June, 2014.
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alte Brücke der Bahnlinie nach Burglengenfeld ....
Schöne Weihnachten und kommt gut rüber ins neue Jahr!
Big Lake. Parkland County, Alberta.
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Buff-banded Rail
Scientific Name: Gallirallus philippensis
Description: The Buff-banded Rail is a medium-sized stout rail with short legs. It has a distinctive grey eyebrow and an orange-brown band on its streaked breast. The lores, cheek and hindneck are rich chestnut. The chin and throat are grey, the upperparts streaked brown and the underparts barred black and white. The eye is red. Young birds are much paler to white underneath, with indistinct bars and only a faint orange-brown tint on the breast. Downy chicks are fluffy black. This rail walks slowly, with tail raised and flicking constantly.
Similar species: The orange-brown breast band distinguishes the Buff-banded Rail from the similar but smaller Lewin's Rail,Dryolimnas pectoralis, which has a rich chestnut crown and nape and a proportionally longer pink bill.
Distribution: The Buff-banded Rail is widespread in mainland Australia, particularly along the eastern coast and islands, and on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. It is also found in south-east Asia, New Guinea and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Buff-banded Rail is seen singly or in pairs in dense reeds and vegetation bordering many types of wetlands or crops. It makes widespread use of artificial wetlands like sewage ponds and drainage channels.
Seasonal movements: The Buff-banded Rail is resident and possibly locally nomadic, though little is known of these movements.
Feeding: The Buff-banded Rail feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, insects, seeds, fruit, frogs, carrion and refuse. It mostly feeds early in the morning and the evening.
Breeding: Breeding is poorly known, but the Buff-breasted Rail nests in long grass, tussocks, rushes or crops. It makes an unlined cup-shaped nest of grasses or reeds. Both parents incubate and the young will leave the nest within 24 hours. Both parents remain with the young, which usually feed themselves, though the female may feed them as well. Two broods may be raised in some seasons.
Calls: Loud creaky squeak when breeding but usually silent.
Minimum Size: 28cm
Maximum Size: 33cm
Average size: 31cm
Average weight: 130g
Breeding season: September to February
Clutch Size: 5 to 8 eggs
Incubation: 19 days
Nestling Period: 1 days
(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Rallus Longirostris
The rattling call of the Clapper Rail is one of the most common sounds in the marshes. Nesting pairs enhance their pair bond by blending their clatter until they sound like one bird. Biologists refer to this is as a “duet”.
Ocean City, NJ
Southern Pacific SD40M-2 No. 8624 and SD40R No. 7314 pull a 55-car West Colton, California to Pueblo, Colorado rail train near the mouth Spanish Fork Canyon at Sutro, Utah the afternoon of April 13, 1999.
(Rallus Aquaticus) This is my first decent picture of a water rail - they usually skulk around in the reed beds rarely popping up for a photo opportunity!
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.