Visited glacier ridge at 6:20 am and before I could set my scope up I saw a regal king rail step out of the reeds under the tower. A few minutes later I noticed a big grayish bird foraging in the same area, without bins it looked almost like a gosling! In my scope its rail-like stance and bill appeared, but I didn't notice the bright coverts like the adult king rail. By the time I got my camera the bird ducked back in the reeds. I was there for an hour and I never saw it or the king again (a few other birders showed up and were also not able to relocate the king). Anyone else notice this bird? I did have great looks at the least bitterns (yeah!!!), sora with young, Virginia rail with young, young coots & pied-billeds (where were the adults?), snipe, green heron, and the following shorebirds: Semi-palmated plover Pectoral sandpiper Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Peep (only glimpse, probably least since legs looked light) Solitary sandpiper Killdeer The ducks are tricky eclipse now, but thought I saw a few blue and green winged teal mixed with the numerous mallards. What an amazing spot! Cheers, Heather Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Joe Knapp <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Saw some soras, Virginia rails, great egrets, kildeer, juvenile > pied-billed grebes, juvenile coots and green herons--and lots of > birders with big lenses. Some flickr shots: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/5968002804 > > Joe & Sarah > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]