Yellow Rail

[Santner, Steven]

	John:

	The standard place for getting Yellow Rails in Michigan is Seney NWR.  This year there is a rail researcher trying to do work on the Yellow Rail at that location and I think there are significant problems.  She asked for other locations last week so it may be that the water levels are not favorable this year.  I would offer two suggestions.  There is a spot in Roscommon Co in the northern Lower Peninsula where they have been found in the last few years.  This spot requires a walk on a 12-15 in wide board (no handrails either) several hundred yards out into a marsh at night.  You would be wise to check this out by day before trying it at night.  There are tons of mosquitoes and I can't guarantee that the water level is right there this year either.  If you're interested, when I get home tonight, I'll look up more specific directions.  The other thing you can try is to Google Seney NWR and call them up for suggestions.  They have nighttime buggy trips for Yellow Rail most years but I don't know if they're running them this year.  I don't think they would be through nesting yet.

	Steve Santner

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[mailto:mich-chat-bounces at envirolink.org]On Behalf Of Gretchen and John
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:46 PM
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Subject: Yellow Rail


Mich Chatters,

Last week I asked for help with Kirtland's warbler and spruce grouse, and was generously
provided with good information for my trip to Michigan next week.
Last night my wife and I were playing bridge with another birder who mentioned that
yellow rails next in the Upper Penisula. If anyone knows where they can be found and has
a strategy to see one, I would again be much obliged. I wonder if they are through
nesting.

John O'Neill
Kansas City

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