Contributor
Michael J Good Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Pray's Brook Marsh, MCHT
Hancock, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
Observation details
This small chickenlike Rail was heard singing and then seen less then 8 feet from our location. Note the barring on the flanks and the thin body of this freshwater marsh nesting species. They will build a floating nest and prefer marshes with cattails and rushes, which are lacking at this location. We first heard this bird, gave a couple of pishes, and then he came right to us! We heard it's repeated "tick-it tick-it" song which was later in the morning from the typical dusk or dawn song. Female's vocalize as well.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7100
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 210 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 2304 pixels x 2514 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.66 MB