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clapper rail

  1. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    These shy birds like to hide in salt marshes Some authors lump this bird with its fresh-water counterpart, the King Rail (R. elegans) with which it occasionally hybridizes in brackish marshes. Formerly "R. longirostris" but that name is now restricted to the Mangrove Rail of South America. Eight...
    • jmorlan
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    • clapper rail rallus crepitans texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  2. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus). The background is smooth cordgrass.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • clapper rail galveston island jamaica beach jamaica beach. galveston county rallus crepitans saturatus san luis pass texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  3. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    These shy birds like to hide in salt marshes They range on the East and Gulf coasts of North America, Mexico and locally in the Caribbean. Some authors lump this bird with its fresh-water counterpart, the King Rail (R. elegans) with which it occasionally hybridizes in brackish marshes. In...
    • jmorlan
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    • clapper rail rallus crepitans texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  4. Clapper Rail Bathing

    Clapper Rail Bathing

    Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus) bathing.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county clapper rail rallus crepitans saturatus south padre island south padre island convention center texas usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  5. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    These guys are always hiding in the cord grass. This time he popped out right in front of me as I was watching the night heron! At Huntington Beach State Park, SC
    • STEFFRO1
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    • clapper rail huntington beach state park rallus crepitans south carolina
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  6. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    Clapper-rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county clapper rail nature center and alligator sanctuary rallus crepitans south padre island south padre island birding subsp. saturatus texas usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  7. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    These shy birds like to hide in salt marshes They range on the East and Gulf coasts of North America, Mexico and locally in the Caribbean. Some authors lump this bird with its fresh-water counterpart, the King Rail (R. elegans) with which it occasionally hybridizes in brackish marshes. In...
    • jmorlan
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    • clapper rail rallus crepitans texas usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  8. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    ssp. caribaeus
    • birdboybowley
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    • cayo coco clapper rail cuba rallus crepitans
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  9. clapper rail

    clapper rail

    • bievreJJ
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    • clapper rail
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  10. ** Correction to this posting see below***

    ** Correction to this posting see below***

    I have been in contact with eBird, and the consensus is that this small population of birds is in fact a Ridgway's Rail, have been split off from the Clapper with the 55th AOU supplement. I actually saw my first RIDGWAY'S Rail a couple of weeks ago in this same location, but only got a...
    • Thomas P Brown
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    • clapper rail la paz mexico tidal flats
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. A new lifer!! Clapper Rail

    A new lifer!! Clapper Rail

    While this is not the best photo I have ever taken, it is my first of the Clapper Rail, so I will take it. The Tidal flats in La Paz, have just been amazing right now! As many different species and in great quantities as any location ever!
    • Thomas P Brown
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    • clapper rail la paz mexico tidal flats
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. The mad dash of the Clapper Rail

    The mad dash of the Clapper Rail

    These guys don't stay out in the open for very long. This one dashed across the estuary. EB Forsythe NWR
    • icassell
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  13. Clapper Rail Pair

    Clapper Rail Pair

    EB Forsythe NWR
    • icassell
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    • clapper rail
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    • Category: North America
  14. Bathing Clapper Rail

    Bathing Clapper Rail

    EB Forsythe NWR
    • icassell
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    • clapper rail
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    • Category: North America
  15. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

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    • clapper rail rallus crepitans
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  16. Clapper Rail and Crab

    Clapper Rail and Crab

    EB Forsythe NWR These birds are extremely secretive. They hide in the marsh grass and rarely come out in the open to be photographed!
    • icassell
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    • Category: North America
  17. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    Stalking around the mudflats near Fowler Beach, Delaware, USA
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    • Category: North America
  18. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans saturatus) Twenty five subspecies have been described including the nominate, four have been synonymized leaving twenty one recognized subspecies. The only subspecies in Texas is saturatus. This rail was photographed eye-spying at the World Birding Center/South...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • clapper rail rallus crepitans saturatus south padre island texas
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  19. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    1st clapper rail I've ever seen or photographed - high tide forced it to abandon its hiding place in marsh grass & reeds enough to be discovered.
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    • arrowhead marsh clapper rail
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    • Category: North America
  20. Woo hoo! My first rare bird!

    Woo hoo! My first rare bird!

    Friday I took the day off and headed up to Sonoma to visit my Mom before going back to Norway for the next two months. Before hitting the highway, I spent a couple of hours walking along the Bay Trail at Hayward Shoreline preserve. I wasn't really there at the best time. There was an...
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  21. Clapper rail swims away

    Clapper rail swims away

    One shot after this I looked down at my screen to see what I'd got. Two seconds, looked up again, and the bird ahd disappeared into the grasses along the channel. I had at least two sharp shots, had to get going anyway, so I didn't hang around and maybe stress the bird further.
    • Doc Duck
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    • clapper rail rallus obsoletus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  22. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    • icassell
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    • clapper rail
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    • Category: North America
  23. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    This was another first for me, Also taken on 09-14-09.
    • SAPSUCKER
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    • clapper rail
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    • Category: North America
  24. clapper rail

    clapper rail

    clapper rail at merritt island
    • osprey66
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    • clapper rail
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  25. Clapper Rail

    Clapper Rail

    The Clapper Rail is a difficult bird to photograph. If you see one, it is very difficult to move closer. The instant they are aware of my presence they quickly dart off, on foot, directly to cover. There is never a hesitation, a look back, or anything. This bird just so happened to reveal...
    • onlybill
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
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