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Ridgway's Rail
Rallus obsoletus obsoletus
37.7418, -122.211
Field Notes
Description:
In California this bird use to be called the Clapper Rail til it was discovered to be a subspecies. <br> Basically the same look as the Clapper Rail. Chicken-like bird, with medium length legs, long bill which is orange with dark sooty tip.Wavy barring from belly to undertail. Short tail and two tone brown body.
Habitat:
Spends most of the time in thick marsh cover of pickle weed and reeds.
Notes:
I'm usually told best time to see them is during high tide when they are trying to hide from the predators such as the Peregrine Falcon and Northern Harrier. But I get just as lucky finding them at low tide when the raptors are not around.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 13, 2016
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