Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 15:15 by Howard Walfish
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277058122
- Comments: "Seen in the reeds by peninsula. Photos to come. Thanks to the birders who gave me excellent directions, I would not have found it on my own"
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 14:38 by Jeff G
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277052507
- Comments: "Photos - seen with MOB. Found by Tsuh Yang."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 13:34 by MCHL ____
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277056878
- Comments: "Reported earlier by Tsuh Y. Thanks to Ant for spotting it in the shadows. Dark rail foraging on mud amidst phragmites. Poor images to be added."
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 15:15 by Howard Walfish
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277058122
- Comments: "Seen in the reeds by peninsula. Photos to come. Thanks to the birders who gave me excellent directions, I would not have found it on my own"
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 14:38 by Jeff G
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277052507
- Comments: "Photos - seen with MOB. Found by Tsuh Yang."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 13:34 by MCHL ____
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S277056878
- Comments: "Reported earlier by Tsuh Y. Thanks to Ant for spotting it in the shadows. Dark rail foraging on mud amidst phragmites. Poor images to be added."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 17:44 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "Flagged: Scarce and difficult-to-detect migrant, except when they show up out in the open because they’re lost in, say, an IKEA parking garage. When I arrived after work, this bird was not out in the open, but thankfully Casey was able to get me on it for just a few seconds as it was waking back into the deepest part of the phragmites, showing at least its chicken-y walk and the ochre-and-black stripes on its back. Found earlier by Tsuh Yang. I lingered for a half hour to see if it would come back out to have its photo taken, but it remained, for now, a rail."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 17:28 by KZ F
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "*rare in Brooklyn, and in fact my first in the county - seemingly significantly rarer than sora as a migrant through NYC; probably more regular than clapper rail though, which we all take for granted because it nests in the Jamaica Bay watershed. Continuing at the wellhouse phrags, a much-beloved time suck of a stakeout spot for skulky marsh birds; thanks to Alan for summoning us to converge after he refound the bird. A shockingly small Rallus, barely larger than the brown rat occupying the same area; mostly appeared dark in the shadows, with darker stripes on the mantle. Once or twice turned and revealed a long, downcurved bill. In the fading light it looked surprisingly picturesque among the Phragmites, as though it were a Bronx Zoo diorama come to life. After a minute or two it slunk away into the phrags and out of view."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 16:31 by John Huggard
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Small Brown rail, somewhat rusty, long curved bill."
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 17:44 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "Flagged: Scarce and difficult-to-detect migrant, except when they show up out in the open because they’re lost in, say, an IKEA parking garage. When I arrived after work, this bird was not out in the open, but thankfully Casey was able to get me on it for just a few seconds as it was waking back into the deepest part of the phragmites, showing at least its chicken-y walk and the ochre-and-black stripes on its back. Found earlier by Tsuh Yang. I lingered for a half hour to see if it would come back out to have its photo taken, but it remained, for now, a rail."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 17:28 by KZ F
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "*rare in Brooklyn, and in fact my first in the county - seemingly significantly rarer than sora as a migrant through NYC; probably more regular than clapper rail though, which we all take for granted because it nests in the Jamaica Bay watershed. Continuing at the wellhouse phrags, a much-beloved time suck of a stakeout spot for skulky marsh birds; thanks to Alan for summoning us to converge after he refound the bird. A shockingly small Rallus, barely larger than the brown rat occupying the same area; mostly appeared dark in the shadows, with darker stripes on the mantle. Once or twice turned and revealed a long, downcurved bill. In the fading light it looked surprisingly picturesque among the Phragmites, as though it were a Bronx Zoo diorama come to life. After a minute or two it slunk away into the phrags and out of view."
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2025 16:31 by John Huggard
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Small Brown rail, somewhat rusty, long curved bill."
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