Re: Virginia Rail

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At 07:20 AM 8/3/98 EDT, Gyrfal@aol.com wrote:
>Sandy Zimmerman and I birded the emerging DC hot spot at Enid Haupt Gardens
>yesterday evening, beginning at 6:30 PM and developed an impressive list
of 14
>avian species, including several locally rare species.  We also noted two
>mammals (Eastern Grey Squirrel and Norway Rat). 
>
>At precisely 7:42 the Virginia Rail appeared in the grass at the back [snip]

I was there at about 5:45 pm and made two passes around the garden.  I
missed the Virginia Rail, though I had seen it on Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday morning.....I couldn't stay long.  

>I'm interested in what other species those chasing the rail encounter.

Common Grackle on Wednesday morning and Tuesday afternoon.  

Rob

Rob Hilton--robert@csa.com--Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland (USA,
near Washington)

I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?  Hank Williams hasn't
answered me yet.  --  L. Cohen

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