[EBB Sightings] Black Rail question

There are a few at Arrowhead Marsh and I did see one in late May there  
last year.

Calvin Walters

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calw at cowalters.com



On Dec 17, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Rusty Scalf wrote:

> There have been postings to Central Valley Birds about wintering Black
> Rails. For some reason, I always assumed the inland populations were
> migratory and that the birds in San Francisco Bay are wintering birds
> which nest in fresh water locations. Looks like a bad assumption.
> The Birds of North American Online map shows Black Rails as being
> migratory in the East. The SF Bay population is colored Permanent
> Resident.
> For nest sites:
>  "Low, marshy meadows, dense freshwater marshes, and thick marsh
> vegetation near upper limits of high tides (Stephens 1909, Harlow  
> 1913,
> WRE)."
> So my questions: Has anyone seen or heard Black Rails in the Bay  
> during
> summer?  Is it your impression that Black Rail is resident here and  
> not
> just a wintering bird?
>   Rusty Scalf
>       
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