I'm in Jackson again today, at the Visitor's Center I've mentioned earlier. Earlier this morning, I saw some suspicious movement out of the corner of my eye, but was not quick enough to see what it was. During lunch, I took Jake back and we wandered around for a few minutes before we heard this call (Sorry, I tried to link it up, but this is the page its on).
We have only seen the Sora two other times. Once at Camas WR in Hamer, ID, and once at Bear River in Utah. We had never heard the call, and sort of felt like something was screaming at us! Well, we hung out searching the reeds for movement of any kind. We finally got lucky as we saw him pass from clump to clump. We saw him several other times in the same minute. I've got to tell you, he was FAST! Unless there was four or five in there timing there movements to throw us off. I wouldn't be surprised.
We always joke that the magpie or robin is rare and elusive, mostly because, they really aren't. Not even a little bit. These guys are our elusive guys. Next for us is a Rail. We've never seen one! I'm slightly jealous of all the wonderful birders out there who know exactly where to go for that one specific bird. We are learning though!
We have only seen the Sora two other times. Once at Camas WR in Hamer, ID, and once at Bear River in Utah. We had never heard the call, and sort of felt like something was screaming at us! Well, we hung out searching the reeds for movement of any kind. We finally got lucky as we saw him pass from clump to clump. We saw him several other times in the same minute. I've got to tell you, he was FAST! Unless there was four or five in there timing there movements to throw us off. I wouldn't be surprised.
We always joke that the magpie or robin is rare and elusive, mostly because, they really aren't. Not even a little bit. These guys are our elusive guys. Next for us is a Rail. We've never seen one! I'm slightly jealous of all the wonderful birders out there who know exactly where to go for that one specific bird. We are learning though!
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Next time you are in the Boise area, let me know and I'll show you some Virginia Rails. If you have Sora, you probably have rails nearby.
I always like seeing the secretive Sora..a beautiful bird.
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