Re: [SBB] Clapper Rails at Rail Alley, Palo Alto

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All:
Dotty's tale reminded me of a more extreme example.  I was leading a
student field trip at "Rail Alley" and glimpsed a bird disappearing
into the water at a high tide.  We formed up across the boardwalk and
sure enough a Clapper Rail emerged from the water on the other side
of the boardwalk and continued blithely into the pickleweed. 
Apparently there was not enough clearance under the boardwalk to stay
above the water.  

Charles Coston

---- Original Message ----
From: [[email protected]]
To: [[email protected]]
Subject: [SBB] Clapper Rails at Rail Alley, Palo Alto
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:31:24 EST

>This morning at about 10:00a.m., during what seemed to be a fairly
>high tide, 
>I saw a Clapper Rail, on the northeast side of "Rail Alley" at the
>Palo Alto 
>Baylands, walk from under the wooden walkway, over the pickleweed for
>a few 
>feet, then wade into the rushing stream.   When the water became too
>deep to 
>wade, it actually swam across the stream to the northwest side, then
>disappeared 
>into the pickleweed.   I had never seen a Clapper Rail swim before.  
>A few 
>minutes later, a second Clapper Rail emerged from under the walkway
>at the same 
>location, walked across the picklweed, then disappeared into taller 
>pickleweed, still on the northeast side of the stream.
>Dotty Calabrese 
>Mountain View



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