We walked to the beat of clapper rail castanets at Pleasure House Point recently. Red-winged blackbirds provided high notes with their territorial calls. The music was sort of a rapid clack, clack, ...

Actually, leapt is a stretch. These slender, gawky birds take off with all the grace of a pregnant coot. Cross a chicken with a snipe and put the result on a 30-day diet and you’d approximate the rail ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mother Nature can be cruel. Tropical Storm Cristobal brought about a thousand birds known as clapper rails onto the Harrison County beaches. They are a long way from home. “We ...

During a recent stay at Pawleys Island in South Carolina, I enjoyed birding along the Grand Strand. During my stay, I enjoyed observations of such coastal specialties as wood stork, white ibis, little ...

HALIFAX, Va. (WDBJ) - UPDATE: The Clapper Rail died Wednesday afternoon after surgery to repair a broken leg and shoulder bones at the Virginia Wildlife Center in Waynesboro. The bird’s prognosis was ...

From the back of the skiff, on a homemade poling platform bolted to the johnboat hull, Walter “Joe Guide” Dinkins is taking no chances. “Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These ...