> From: Jon. Anderson
> Its call was a same pitch flat call, repeated in 4 to 6 calls per
> vocalization.. Very non melodious, somewhat frog like. Later as I came
> back by the place, I glimpsed a robin sized bird walking on the cattail
> stems at the water level. Mostly what I saw was a quickly disappearing
> bird butt, that had a fair amount of white color, with some brown to rust
> surrounding feathers. That's it.
>
> Ideas????

Virginia Rail?
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Scott Richardson
northeast Seattle
salix at halcyon.com
http://www.halcyon.com/salix/
(updated March 22)