> Yesterday Karen and I and birding friends Pat and Dave re-found the Virginia Rail family that they had seen in the prior week at Stillwater in the Snoqualmie Valley north of Carnation. From the Stillwater parking lot turn left onto the trail. The Rail family travels close to & parallel to the trail in the marsh area on the right (side away from the highway) no further than the first bridge.

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> Here is a video of a parent and two chicks:

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796647/in/dateposted/

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> Here is a photo of a parent attending to a chick (down and to the left). Sometimes my camera won't focus on a bird right in front of me. This time amazingly the camera focused on the rail even though grass was in the way.

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796367/in/dateposted/

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> Here is a photo of a chick following its parent by scurrying across open water.

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796487/in/dateposted/

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> Here are some photos of the chicks. Check out the toes in the first photo.

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796447/in/dateposted/

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796407/in/dateposted/

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/28284796397/in/dateposted/

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> Hank Heiberg

> Issaquah, WA

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