[EBB Sightings] Arrowhead Marsh Clapper Rails

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Hi Vaughan,

You picked the right time at Arrowhead to see the Clapper Rails.  They =
are pretty easy to see at low tide.  Good for you!  On a recent trip in =
the morning about 9am we saw many of them. =20

Laura Gee
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  From: Vaughan=20
  To: ebbsightings=20
  Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:58 PM
  Subject: [EBB Sightings] Arrowhead Marsh Clapper Rails


  We were there between 17:00 and 18:30 hours.  A low tide of two feet =
at 18:13 with sunset at 19:19.

  I saw four.  Three pointed out by a gentleman we ran into there who =
knows what he is doing and one pointed out by my wife who seems a =
quicker study than I.  The wife and I split up for a bit and she claims =
to have seen a fifth one.  I suspect one of the four doubled back from a =
different direction but maybe that's just my envy showing.

  I don't know much about birds but their behavior was different than =
the other waders.  They worked alone, not together.  They spent very =
little time poking about the mud at their feet and the vast majority of =
the time poking upward at the exposed muddy bank.  This left them shaded =
and partially concealed by overhanging vegetation most of the time.  As =
the sun got very low one briefly came out, poked about the mud and then =
returned to the bank where if you looked away it took awhile to =
reacquire it.

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  Vaughan =
  
To: ebbsightings 
  
Sent: Monday, September 13, =
2004 7:58=20
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Subject: [EBB Sightings] =
Arrowhead Marsh=20
  Clapper Rails
  


  
We were there between 17:00 and =
18:30=20
  hours.  A low tide of two feet at 18:13 with sunset at=20
19:19.
  
 
  
I saw four.  Three pointed out =
by a=20
  gentleman we ran into there who knows what he is doing and one pointed =
out by=20
  my wife who seems a quicker study than I.  The wife and I split =
up for a=20
  bit and she claims to have seen a fifth one.  I suspect one of =
the four=20
  doubled back from a different direction but maybe that's just my =
envy=20
  showing.
  
 
  
I don't know much about birds but =
their=20
  behavior was different than the other waders.  They worked alone, =
not=20
  together.  They spent very little time poking about the mud at =
their feet=20
  and the vast majority of the time poking upward at the exposed muddy=20
  bank.  This left them shaded and partially concealed by =
overhanging=20
  vegetation most of the time.  As the sun got very low one briefly =
came=20
  out, poked about the mud and then returned to the bank where if you =
looked=20
  away it took awhile to reacquire =
it.

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