Smithsonian Rail A-OK

Howard Youth (hmyouth@erols.com)
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 06:40:57 -0400 (EDT)


I saw the Virginia rail just outside the Enid Haupt Garden yesterday
morning, (Thursday) starting at around 8:45 a.m. This was calmly walking
beneath the yews in front of the east Independence Ave. entrance to the
garden, then worked its way beneath the yews, west to the west gate. I
watched for about 15 minutes. When I left, it was just about to enter the
garden. It was by the fence in front of the west side of the Museum of
African Art. The gardener claims some folks had tried to catch the bird to
return it to a marsh, but that it had eluded them. He said he was happy the
bird was hanging around.

Howard Youth
Rockville, MD
hmyouth@erols.com