Have you ever seen a Virginia Rail? They are secretive birds, living in marshes with thick vegetation. They nest near the water’s surface, often in cattails. I have often heard them but seldom seen them. Last week I was lucky enough to hear them at a shallow lake from the road adjacent to it. I waited and soon I saw two fuzzy black youngsters and two adults. The adults were busy, darting back and forth, gathering food for the little ones. Most of the time, they shooed the babies back into the cattails. It looked like a full time job!
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