Hello,
As you implied, the Harrison books are wrong. Black Ra
Hello,
As you implied, the Harrison books are wrong. Black Rails have nested, e.g., in land-locked states such as Arizona and North Dakota. They are "irregular nesters" inland.
They likely were much more common inland when the USA had 200+ million acres of wetlands. Some states have destroyed close to 90% of their wetlands.
Bob Stalnaker
Longwood, FL
On Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:33 AM, robert lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
On Monday July 22nd, Robert Hershberger reported on The Bobolink phone hotline (330-763-5119), the exciting news that the Black Rail site on the Henry Troyer Jr Farm in northeastern Coshocton County, visited by many birders in early June, reportedly has two adults and seven young. Obviously, there was more than one Black Rail present. I would think this is a monumental happening for the Ohio birding community. According to most nesting area descriptions given from printed information, Black Rails should be found in extensive wet meadows and wetlands dominated by grasses where standing water is only several inches deep. In both of the Harrison bird nest books, Black Rail is referred to as a coastal nester in salt or brackish marshes. These Black Rails have apparently not taken the time to read the field guides for where they are supposed to be nesting. On top of a hill in a high and dry agricultural field may need to be added as an updated nest site
description. The site location is now justifiably closed to all visitation.
Bob Lane / Mahoning County
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