Virginia Flickrazzi
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I was lucky--and fast!--to get this image. I was actually leaving the refuge when I spotted a small bird on the road ahead of me. When I realized it was a Virginia rail, I quickly grabbed my camera and fired off a few shots before he ran back into the marsh grass.
Der Virginia-Uhu ist eine Vogelart aus der Gattung der Uhus, die zur Familie der Eigentlichen Eulen und zur Ordnung der Eulen gehört. Er ist eng mit dem Magellan-Uhu verwandt, der lange Zeit als eine Unterart des Virginia-Uhus angesehen wurde.
A maternal pouch, opposable "thumbs", and a scaly prehensile tail make this Canada's only Marsupial.
A gentle wild animal, the Opossum is rarely guilty of anything more than "playing Possum"
Glen Alton Recreation Area was a farm up until the 1980s. Now, is it slowly being reclaimed by the forest and a wetland.
The very wet summer and fall conditions this year resulted in lower color and early dropping leaves in the Canaan Valley area of West Virginia.
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.
Virginia Central’s unmistakable Porter 50 tonner spots a car in the industrial section of Fredericksburg, Virginia.