Funny, I got really excited by the first one (still am!), however, on this night there seems to be a lot of them flying over. Many paired clicks like you often hear when they are initially responding to playback, I attached one pic. I guess it makes sense that they call during nocturnal migration like other rails, just never had heard them in overflight before! These seem to be moving in flocks, lots of clicks at varying distances from the mic, neat as there is also a huge passerine movement (at least for the west) and they are interspersed with tons of flight calls. Anyone have experience with Yellow Rails during migration?
Talk to you all soon, Mike Michael Lanzone Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor Carnegie Museum of Natural History Powdermill Avian Research Center 1847 Route 381 Rector, PA 15677 724.593.5521 Office mlanz...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Michael Lanzone <mlanz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was looking at one of our recording sites in the Upper Klamath region in > Oregon and had a first for any site I have ever recorded at, a Yellow > Rail!!! This site is a good distance from the water too, about 2-3 miles to > the northwest from marsh. Anyway, I thought it was cool, so just passing it > along... > > > Michael Lanzone > Biotechnology and Biomonitoring Lab Supervisor > Carnegie Museum of Natural History > Powdermill Avian Research Center > 1847 Route 381 > Rector, PA 15677 > 724.593.5521 Office > mlanz...@gmail.com > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html --
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