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You can find rails: Find Virginia Rail, Sora, King Rail, Clapper Rail, Yellow Rail, and Black Rail

Tips, ­strategies, and tricks for ­adding rails to your life list from four of North America's most expert rail finders
By Chris Duke
Published: December 26, 2008
Foremost rail experts -- professor and researcher William Eddleman, Jerry Tecklin, head of the Black Rail Project, U.S. Geological Survey researcher David Krementz, and trip leader and researcher Paul Sykes -- pass along strategies, tricks, and ideas to help birdwatchers find North America's six species of rail: Virginia Rail, Sora, King Rail, Clapper Rail, Yellow Rail, and Black Rail. Ten excellent places to find rails are listed, and the birds' ranges and field marks are described, as are strategies for finding and observing them.
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