Virginia Rail - gorged....

Timothy Boucher (tboucher@geocities.com)
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 08:48:07 -0400


My wife and I had absolutely magnificent views of the Virginia Rail this
morning at the Smithsonian.
We first saw it at the Independence Ave gate (just outside it at about
7:15am), it then moved towards the fountain and  stopped near a small
outbuilding (which had low bushed around it) for twenty or so minutes
preening (superb views!) and then continued on towards the fountain (around
the side of the small outbuilding) feeding in the open on the grass....
Aaahhh - do views of a skulking rail get better than this?.... We absolutely
gorged ourselves on the indifferent rail. Life birds don't usually come as
easy as this, AND you usually don't get views as good as this either.

Tim Boucher
tboucher@geocities.com