Thanks for sharing this video, you are generous. I live in southwest Florida and during the month of April I was out birding (observing the passerine and shorebird migration) every day. I cherish the times I get a good long look at a bird that's normally elusive.
Fran, I enjoy hearing from another birder, and I identify with what you said about birds that are normally elusive. I'll soon post a movie about an American Bittern. Now that sonuvagun made me work for a good look at him! And I treasure the memory.
hello Jo lovely video of these beautiful birds and i like the information about these birds love the close upsand their red beaks and enjoyed your video thank you for sharing
Thanks, Peter, and I agree with you about their orange beaks, which glowed! Making the movie was a pleasure because I immersed myself for hours in visions of these beautiful birds.
Great to meet the American relatives. :)) Here in Vienna, you see the black coot nearly in every pond with reed. With the common moorhen you have to be very lucky to watch the *yellow* legs teeter by.
Thanks for the comment, callas5. It's a pleasure to hear from a European who obviously knows birds. We get a different coot (I made a film about them recently--ruclips.net/video/XwUFa1LnpqI/видео.html). Ours is far from secretive. We do get Moorhens, but I've never seen one.
Jo - As you know I have commented many times on many of your videos and just want to add...besides being educational, funny(my invisible cloak), interesting and here the part I am adding ***Your voice is perfect for narration!!*** So AGAIN thank you for your time and hard word editing etc.!
Angel, what I do almost amounts to a full time, not for pay job. But that's not a complaint. I'm having more fun at 76 than I've ever had in my life. And praise like what you just posted keeps me motivated to make every film my best work. Thank you.
Nice sighting! I've never spotted one before. I wonder if another photographer has been spending time with them and getting them used to people..or maybe you are the rail whisperer :D
I did literally laugh out loud at "rail whisperer". And I'd like to take that kind of credit, but alas, no. These rails were performing out in the open for other birders all day before I got to the scene. I'm puzzled by their behavior but grateful to get such footage of them.
No surprise that you haven't seen them, Jimmi. Doing so is largely a matter of being in marshy areas often .... and luck. I'm married to a serious birder, and he lets me know when something I'd want to film has been showing up.
Soras are usually easier to get a glimpse of. In fact, I did a movie about them and the Virginias that pointed that fact out and gave advice on getting a look at Soras. (ruclips.net/video/9qrHthXjdiQ/видео.html). I'll cross my fingers for you that get a look at a Virginia Rail.
Shoot, I wish I had let you know they were at Riverlands. They stayed three days or more, letting anyone who wanted to see them feast their eyes. Oh well, if they come through again next year, I'll tell you--and you'll know what to look for.
they are beautiful Rails. I just got my first photos of them at Huntely Meadows Park In Virginia today, December 3, 2021 and I saw a Sora also. the Virginia Rails darted in and out of the marsh grasses and never stayed out very long. My shots weren t the best but I least got halfway decent shots for the brief time they were visible.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Ive actually gotten shots of four rail species years ago I got shots of the King Rail and during the spring I got my first photos of the clapper Rail. so now I have photos of four rail species even some are not my best shots It has been worth it.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yes Im trying to get more photos of the Virginia Rail this week but they are extremely shy. weve been hearing them call in the evening and a few people have gotten some shots.Huntely Meadows Park is always busy with wildlife.
Hey, so i have asked u once in the past about black capped chickadees, well there is a chickadee nest in my birhouse but the chickadees haven't come back in 2 days. Do u think they will be coming back to the nest?
Not a clue, Jada. Sorry. Well, that's not quite true. If you have House Wrens, they might have run the Chickadees out. We got Eurasian Tree Sparrows nesting in a box we put up in the woods, and my husband saw the Wrens in there. House Wrens will break the eggs of other songbirds. One birder I know called them feathered rattlesnakes. I made a movie that talks a bit about this issue. ruclips.net/video/62M07wAwJKU/видео.html
Thanks for sharing this video, you are generous. I live in southwest Florida and during the month of April I was out birding (observing the passerine and shorebird migration) every day. I cherish the times I get a good long look at a bird that's normally elusive.
Fran, I enjoy hearing from another birder, and I identify with what you said about birds that are normally elusive. I'll soon post a movie about an American Bittern. Now that sonuvagun made me work for a good look at him! And I treasure the memory.
hello Jo lovely video of these beautiful birds and i like the information about these birds love the close upsand their red beaks and enjoyed your video thank you for sharing
Thanks, Peter, and I agree with you about their orange beaks, which glowed! Making the movie was a pleasure because I immersed myself for hours in visions of these beautiful birds.
Great to meet the American relatives. :)) Here in Vienna, you see the black coot nearly in every pond with reed. With the common moorhen you have to be very lucky to watch the *yellow* legs teeter by.
Thanks for the comment, callas5. It's a pleasure to hear from a European who obviously knows birds. We get a different coot (I made a film about them recently--ruclips.net/video/XwUFa1LnpqI/видео.html). Ours is far from secretive. We do get Moorhens, but I've never seen one.
Jo - As you know I have commented many times on many of your videos and just want to add...besides being educational, funny(my invisible cloak), interesting and here the part I am adding ***Your voice is perfect for narration!!*** So AGAIN thank you for your time and hard word editing etc.!
Angel, what I do almost amounts to a full time, not for pay job. But that's not a complaint. I'm having more fun at 76 than I've ever had in my life. And praise like what you just posted keeps me motivated to make every film my best work. Thank you.
Nice sighting! I've never spotted one before. I wonder if another photographer has been spending time with them and getting them used to people..or maybe you are the rail whisperer :D
I did literally laugh out loud at "rail whisperer". And I'd like to take that kind of credit, but alas, no. These rails were performing out in the open for other birders all day before I got to the scene. I'm puzzled by their behavior but grateful to get such footage of them.
as usual informational video
Thank you. I always aim to inform and entertain, Srikar.
Thanks Jo , I have never seen these before ;-)
No surprise that you haven't seen them, Jimmi. Doing so is largely a matter of being in marshy areas often .... and luck. I'm married to a serious birder, and he lets me know when something I'd want to film has been showing up.
very beautiful rails! i hope to see some this summer :) i saw a Sora for 10 seconds last summer before it disapeared into the reeds.
Soras are usually easier to get a glimpse of. In fact, I did a movie about them and the Virginias that pointed that fact out and gave advice on getting a look at Soras. (ruclips.net/video/9qrHthXjdiQ/видео.html). I'll cross my fingers for you that get a look at a Virginia Rail.
I have yet to see one! Thanks for sharing :)
Shoot, I wish I had let you know they were at Riverlands. They stayed three days or more, letting anyone who wanted to see them feast their eyes. Oh well, if they come through again next year, I'll tell you--and you'll know what to look for.
Jo Alwood Miguel told me they were there I just didn’t have time to get up there. Thanks Jo!
they are beautiful Rails. I just got my first photos of them at Huntely Meadows Park In Virginia today, December 3, 2021 and I saw a Sora also. the Virginia Rails darted in and out of the marsh grasses and never stayed out very long. My shots weren t the best but I least got halfway decent shots for the brief time they were visible.
Congratulations on getting your first shots of both Rails. They do tend to be secretive and hard to photograph.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Ive actually gotten shots of four rail species years ago I got shots of the King Rail and during the spring I got my first photos of the clapper Rail. so now I have photos of four rail species even some are not my best shots It has been worth it.
@@EricWoodyVariety59 Good for you, Eric, even if some of the shots are not your best! I've only seen the Virginia and Sora myself.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yes Im trying to get more photos of the Virginia Rail this week but they are extremely shy. weve been hearing them call in the evening and a few people have gotten some shots.Huntely Meadows Park is always busy with wildlife.
I'd suggest offering them a bribe if I had any idea what might work. 😉
Hey, so i have asked u once in the past about black capped chickadees, well there is a chickadee nest in my birhouse but the chickadees haven't come back in 2 days. Do u think they will be coming back to the nest?
Not a clue, Jada. Sorry. Well, that's not quite true. If you have House Wrens, they might have run the Chickadees out. We got Eurasian Tree Sparrows nesting in a box we put up in the woods, and my husband saw the Wrens in there. House Wrens will break the eggs of other songbirds. One birder I know called them feathered rattlesnakes. I made a movie that talks a bit about this issue. ruclips.net/video/62M07wAwJKU/видео.html