Dennis Thompson called this morning to report that he found a Yellow
Rail this morning at Errington Marsh, which is 2 miles south of Elkhart
in Polk County. From the intersection of 110th Avenue NE (an east/west
gravel road) and 56th Street NE (a north/south paved road), the bird was
seen in a weedy field just southwest of that intersection.
Along the NORTH side of 110th Avenue NE, about 80 yards west of the
intersection, there is a point where a "picked"soybean field meets a
weedy field. At this point, we walked into the weedy field SOUTH of
110th and walked south-southwest toward some cattails. The rail flushed
and flew a short distance toward the cattails.
Thanks to Dennis for finding this great bird!
Reid & Pam Allen
West Des Moines
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