smerchly Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 It was floating near shore while carping today . The bill is very pointed ....looked it up on google images but don't see one exactly like it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 Looks like possibly a virginia rail. i see them quite often when duck hunting dave524 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 48 minutes ago, Markster said: Looks like possibly a virginia rail. i see them quite often when duck hunting They are a legal species you know. Don't have any idea about them as table fare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 Yea, they are legal to hunt but i wouldn’t shoot one. They are kinda cool to watch though. They have a very funny walk as they make their way through the marsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 After all these years at the water front I should know that bird . I've seen many nice birds ( like the osprey today ) and others like yellow legs and coots etc. That is the dead bird I posted , don't have any idea what killed it . They would be like eating the wood -kok , not much too them... ... also saw a couple of vultures & blue herons there ....speaking of herons , they are deadly hunters as well , not only eating fish but gofers and large snakes . Check out the herons plucking gofers out of their holes on Utube. ...this one got this snake down the hatch ? Wow !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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