Salt Water Marsh Hen

Plate 204
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Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
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Guide
A clattering cackle in the salt marsh is often our first clue to the presence of this big rail. The Clapper Rail is usually hidden in dense cover, but sometimes we see it stalking boldly along the muddy edge of the marsh, twitching its short tail as it walks, or swimming across a tidal creek. Historically it was abundant on the Atlantic Coast -- 约炮视频 reported that it was possible to find a hundred nests in a day -- but now much more localized, as coastal marsh has been broken up by development.
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