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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:21:34 -0400
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In the steady rain, at 4:30 this afternoon I had Frohring Meadows
entirely to myself.

Undisturbed, in the marsh, I saw a Virginia Rail walking around on
some flattened
vegetation, completely in the open.  The best and longest views I've
ever had.
The same for a Sora,  busily feeding near the edges of the marsh, and
preening
from a perch in the reed bed.

The only other birds that I could find in the marsh were the abundant
red wings and
a lone greater yellowlegs.

Flying over the fields, and feeding on the edge of the grass were
three Wilson's Snipe.

A few Savannah Sparrows kicked up wherever I walked.

Yesterday I saw several Vesper Sparrows in the little wooded patch
before the power
lines, but I didn't attempt to locate them in the rain today.

Inga Schmidt
Geauga County

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