Today I flushed one Yellow Rail (flushed twice) at Timber Lake WMA. The location of the flush was about 1/2 mile south of the village of Wilder. I flushed a Yellow Rail about a hundred and fifty yards from this location a previous year (last year?).
The bird flushed from a gentle hillside with sparse big blue stem and an understory of little blue stem and smooth brome. On the first flush the bird flew uphill further into the field. On the second flush the bird flew to the bottom of the slope (~30 yard flight) landing in planted sandbar willows. All cover in this location is planted grasses and restored wetlands. Bird was identified by shape, flight, and wing pattern. Brad Bolduan Windom
