Yellow Rail
Last night at 10:30 I received a phone call from my friend Marty. He told me that another friend Mark Delwich had heard a Yellow Rail singing at sunset at Market Lake. Yellow Rails are nocturnal and I figured if it was singing at sunset it would be singing at midnight. Jon and I left soon thereafter and arrived at Market Lake ca. 11:20. The directions we received were a little sketchy and we wasted a lot of times knocking rocks together (which is what Yellow Rails sound like) in a attempt to get the rail to respond.
We finally called Mark and got better directions to the place he heard the bird. As we were arriving at the correct location Jon heard the bird out the window. We got out and the Yellow Rail sang non-stop for the ten minutes or so we spent with the bird. We left Market Lake at 12:45 and got back to Rexburg at 1:30am.
This is the 2nd or 3rd good record of Yellow Rail for Idaho. Follow this link to learn more about Yellow Rail.
The following photographs were taken by Jon Long.
Me banging rocks together.
Moon and Marsh
We finally called Mark and got better directions to the place he heard the bird. As we were arriving at the correct location Jon heard the bird out the window. We got out and the Yellow Rail sang non-stop for the ten minutes or so we spent with the bird. We left Market Lake at 12:45 and got back to Rexburg at 1:30am.
This is the 2nd or 3rd good record of Yellow Rail for Idaho. Follow this link to learn more about Yellow Rail.
The following photographs were taken by Jon Long.
Me banging rocks together.
Moon and Marsh
4 Comments:
Sweet photos I must say. :)
who is this jon-guy and his wacky art? why can't he just settle down and make pretty flower pictures like the rest of us? huh?
I know, he's very confused. I may be turning him into a birder though.
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