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Black Rail
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Laterallus jamaicensis
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Sibley's describes the mouse-like black rail as a "tiny, extremely secretive species as hard to see as mice; very difficult to flush; they never willingly give good views of themselves"
But due to San Francisco bay storm flooding I got lucky! :-)
From this view you can begin to see how "compressed" a rail is. Viewed head on, it's a pretty thin bird - as thin as a rail...
Laterallus jamaicensis - Palo Alto Baylands, CA |
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Focal length: 700 mm
fStop: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/100
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Palo Alto, CA - Baylands
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Jan 1, 2006
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