Hi All- I was out kayaking Sunday, working on the Greater Akron Audubon Society summer bird census. I was on Turkeyfoot Lake (part of the Portage Lakes system) south of Akron when I thought I heard a Green Heron clucking. I had just seen a Green Heron fly over. I went to check out the clucking and saw a bird behind some cattails. Had the right general shape and size of a Green Heron, but when it stepped out--KING RAIL!!!! I knew I had a rail--but I wasn't positive that it was a King Rail. I got some good photos that I sent to Jim McCormac to confirm that it was a King Rail. I'll post those photos tomorrow on the forum. The area where I found the rail is only accessible by boat. It's a marshy area west of the boat ramp area at Turkeyfoot State Park. I checked back at the marsh later in the day and was unable to relocate the bird. I'm going to try again Wednesday. Good birding- Sandy Brown Akron Oh ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]