Subject: [Tweeters] Swimming Virginia Rail
Date: May 12 22:47:39 2012
From: Lyn Topinka - pointers at pacifier.com



hi ... well, take 1, 2, and 3 didn't work for me ... but found your
pix at this link ---

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50326009 at N02/7186162010/

nice photo !!!!!!
Lyn





At 10:00 PM 5/12/2012, Barry Ulman wrote:
>Hi Tweets!
>
> Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing and photographing a
> swimming Virginia Rail. I was birding at Scudder Pond in Bellingham
> when I saw a Virginia Rail slinking through the reeds. I reached
> for my camera to be ready just in case the bird came out in the
> open, and I was richly rewarded when it swam across the pond. In
> the past , I've seen them skitter across the water, half flying,
> but this is the first time I've actually seen one swim, and I was
> so fortunate to photograph it.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> www.flickr.com/photos/50326009 at NO2
>
> Barry Ulman
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Lyn Topinka
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