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Message: <blockquote data-quote="csanchez7" data-source="post: 1787232" data-attributes="member: 64151">Yellow Rail, particularly in winter, is one species you can never hope to see unless flushed. They are extremely secretive, shunning light and not calling or responding to tape. If it weren't for organized flushes meant for other secretive species (Henslow's Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow, etc), we would probably not know that this species winters in Florida at all. It is not a case about patience or good birding craft in this case, although I welcome anyone to try and be patient by a marsh waiting for this species to come out. You'll be waiting a few years or perhaps a decade or two.Carlos</blockquote>