FYI, the Lights Out Baltimore people have found Virginia and Clapper  
Rails that were victims of downtown Baltimore window strikes.

Joan Cwi


On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Jeff Shenot wrote:

> Hang in there.  A few years ago we had a Virginia Rail crash into  
> our house (a window) one night.  We do not have an outside light on  
> at our house at night, so I don't know why it happened.  Apparently  
> the bird was flying along and somehow hit our window.  Very weird.   
> Maybe it was fleeing an owl?  Seems like if that was the case, the  
> owl would have grabbed the rail.  At first I thought it was a much  
> larger animal or bird, as the noise was pretty loud, but when I put  
> the flashlight beam on it I was shocked to see a VIRA.  It stood  
> motionless on our porch roof for several minutes, looking pretty  
> bad.  After a few minutes it moved slightly, and still looked bad  
> but eventually after about 15 minutes, it just flew away (strongly),  
> and apparently was okay.  I got a picture of it before it flew.   
> Very weird picture - a rail sitting on the roof.
>
> Speaking of rails, I heard my first SORA of the year last eve (not  
> at my house, it was at a farm near here).  I think it was a migrant  
> and not one that over-wintered.  I haven't heard any around the  
> river yet this year and I am out constantly.  It was a beautiful  
> spring eve here yesterday.  I also heard the first singing marsh  
> wren and swamp sparrows of the season here, and I think the same -  
> they are migrants - not birds that over-wintered.  I was on the  
> eastern shore on Tuesday and found them also singing in several  
> areas.  Seems many species are arriving early.  I would guess we  
> will have our first hummer any day now, maybe even today!
>
> Good luck with the rail Tyler!
>
> Jeff Shenot
> Crroom MD
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