Carol, Tweets,

Marti Anderson heard two Sora in the Frager Rd marsh on 12/27/98
during the Kent-Auburn CBC. I was unsuccessful with a Sora tape
on several days during the week following the count. Glad to hear
that you had more luck. I did get a Virginia Rail to walk out of the
reeds right at my feet during one of my visits. Always a thrill for me.

Good Birding,

Kirk Scarbrough
Kent, WA

>This is Carol Schulz. The Field Trip to Kent Ponds, on 1/24/99 was a real
>success.
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>At the end of the official field trip, a good-size group of us went over to
>a marsh on the other side of the river (Frager Road). ...<snip>... We THINK we
>heard a Sora, but we certainly did not see one. (I'll discuss this in another msg.)
>But the Virginia Rails went crazy responding to the tape. It sounded like there
>were about 6-8 of them only about 15 feet away, but we never saw them! This
>was a very interesting experience for most of the birders who were there.