A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight - nice side view
A drone was deployed one day providing a different view of rice harvesting and rails flushing
Out doing a little crawfishing.
Sora (Porzana carolina) - skimming the tops of the unharvested rice
Steve and Donna watch the combine pass - the best organizers and leaders I have ever met
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight
Sora (Porzana carolina) - skimming the tops of the unharvested rice
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) - In Flight, Flushed by the combine, common
A nice shot of the combine making a pass near the mist nets
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) - In Flight, Flushed by the combine, common
A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) acts like a shearwater moments before dropping into the rice
A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) scoots out of the way of the advancing combine
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Wide Shot of the Combine making a rail-rich pass
Erik Johnson and a YRARF Facilitator watch the combine
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Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) - Common in the rice fields
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) - immature
Sora (Porzana carolina) - in flight flushed by the combine
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)