Hello, Sam Stuart found a Virginia Rail in the Loch, i.e. the water stream running through the ravine at the North End of Central Park. When Sam discovered the bird it was walking in the water near the confluence of the small stream and the larger stream. This is downstream from both the rustic bridges.
Around 7:30pm the bird made a re-appearance for Sam, Anya Auerbach, Brian Padden and Brett and myself. We had decent views of it in the low light as it was walking in the water and standing still feeding. After a while it walked/ran back up on land and disappeared out of view behind some fallen tree trunks. It could pay off searching for it tomorrow. The Virginia Rail that was in the same area in September last year stayed for a few days. good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
