Fw: [EBB Sightings] Black Rail question

I saw a Black Rail at Arrowhead Marsh on September 1, 2005.

Don Lewis
Lafayette, CA
donlewis at comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Calvin Walters 
To: Rusty Scalf 
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Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [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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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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