Tweets, A first for me this week: I saw a Virginia Rail fly across the main
highway (Old Hwy 99 just north of Tenino, from a small pond on a wooded
hillside - also a first). It looked like it was barely going to make it
across. So how in the world do these critters migrate? Oiseaux-birds.com
says: "Virginia Rail rarely flies, only for migration. It has weak short
wings and its flight is not graceful. It has to drop to the ground after
short flights. However, Virginia Rail can migrate immense distances."
-- Paul Hicks / Tenino, s Thurston Co / phicks AT accessgrace DOT org