Tapir GirlI wouldn’t call myself a birder, but I do get excited when I see a new bird, and I get really excited when I find out it’s a rare sighting!
I was riding my bike near a marsh today, and I saw some little birds cross the trail. At first, I thought they were ducklings, but as I got closer, I realized they were something else that I didn’t recognize.
I pulled up the Merlin app, and it identified them as Virginia rails based on their sounds.
As I was watching them, a guy with binoculars walked up and confirmed that they were rails. He was really excited because they’re very shy, and it’s rare to see them, especially up close.
#birding #birdwatchers #VirginiaRail
(Video is a short clip of a Virginia rail poking around and peeping on the side of a bike path)
Donald Hobern