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Re: Weird stuff w/clapper rails



It is not too unusual (unfortunately) to see road-kill Clapper Rails in
coastal communities this time of year.  I assume that most of these
birds are migrants--yes, Clapper Rails do migrate.  And some of them may
be birds forced from coastal marshes during periods of abnormally high
tides, which are frequent this time of year.  Perhaps it's a combination
of both.

Remember one year when I was a kid--a Clapper Rail hung out for a few
days in the shrubs next to a church in the neighborhood.  That was about
this time of year.

John Fussell
Morehead City, NC
jfuss@clis.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <KCat504@aol.com>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 7:18 AM
Subject: Weird stuff w/clapper rails


> Last year I thought it a coincidence but today it is getting strange.
Third year in a row, all within a day of each other, that a clapper rail
has been found near my office in downtown Myrtle Beach.  Sad to say,
this one was dead.  I'm assuming struck by a car although it does not
appear to be crushed.  Neck is not broken.
>
> Do they occasionally assume non-secretive behavior and venture out
into the asphalt jungle?
>
> KC Foggin
> Myrtle Beach SC
>