Bird Watching: Show Us Your Favorite Shot's (3) from 2008, 0 by kennedyh

kennedyh wrote:
That Oriole is just beautiful. I have been debating as to my third choice for year's favourites and I finally settled on another rail. I have seen the Buff-banded Rail several times over the last two years despite their secretive behaviour and have seen them with young in two successive springs. I was sitting on the bank of the creek hoping that the young would show themselves again. It was overcast, and suddenly the sun broke through and shone on the creek bank opposite to me. Almost immediately a Buff-banded Rail stepped out of the sedges and immediately turned round and spread its wings out (presumably to catch the sun). It held this position for half a minute and I was able to get this picture, which shows how colourful its wings are.