Texas
Looks the same as the King Rail
...some say they are the same species.
Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
(L 15" WS 20" Wt 13 oz)
So. Padre Island
Birding & Nature Ctr
14Apr2014
Audubon Watch List
Status is Yellow
(i.e., declining
population)
sad and alone on a sandy
trail
i sit alone
i‘m a clapper rail
no flock for me if that’s all
right
i‘ll doze right here for all
the night
this is my life on a sandy
trail
i sit alone
i’m a clapper rail
(Marvin Goldfarb)
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