Hello all, Thought it would be a great evening to listen for marsh birds. At the junction of Clay CR 27 and 140th, I heard a single sharp-tailed sparrow vocalizing. It began at 10:30 p.m. and was still going when I left the area at 11:00. I drove north a ways on CR 27, and stopped at another likely location. As soon as I shut the car off, I heard the distinct 2:3 "click click, click click click" of a yellow rail. Talk about serendipity! I really wasn't exactly sure where I was as it was quite dark, and there was the rail! It was exactly 0.6 miles south of the junction of CR 27 and CR 34, on the west side of the road. I measured out the location with the car odometer after I listened to the rail for about 15 minutes.
Also seen/heard: Short-eared owl, American bittern, sora, Le Conte's sparrow. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 [email protected] http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm
