Virginia Rails

Virginia Rails are small chicken-like marshbirds with long, reddish decurved bills, dark backs, rufous breasts and throats, gray cheeks, reddish eyes, strong legs and short tails.

How I Found This Secretive Virginia Rail At Farmington Bay

By |2021-10-16T05:35:26-06:00October 16th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Virginia Rails|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I wanted to write about how I found this secretive Virginia Rail in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA yesterday morning.

Virginia Rails – Marsh Birds

By |2021-10-16T17:20:14-06:00April 4th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Virginia Rails|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I wanted to focus on Virginia Rails because I don't find them out in the open very often, they are such secretive marsh birds.

Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week

By |2024-03-25T06:14:35-06:00October 9th, 2016|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Bald Eagles, Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Redheads, Rough-legged Hawks, Sandhill Cranes, Tree Swallows, Tundra Swans, Utah, Virginia Rails, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is National Wildlife Refuge Week and in celebration I wanted to do a pictorial essay that includes some of my images of the Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Virginia Rails at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2021-10-16T17:10:52-06:00August 20th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah, Virginia Rails|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Virginia Rails are secretive marsh birds that can be found at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge during the breeding season and the can be very difficult to see let alone photograph.

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