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- Title
Yellow Rails Wintering in Oklahoma.
- Authors
Butler, Christopher J.; Pham, Lisa H.; Stinedurf, Jill N.; Roy, Christopher L.; Judd, Eric L.; Burgess, Nathanael J.; Caddell, Gloria M.
- Abstract
Yellow Rails (Coturnicops noveboracensis) were recently discovered to migrate through southeastern Oklahoma in small numbers during fall with a few records into December and a single record in January. We made seven trips (3 in Nov 2008 and 1/ month from Dec 2008 through Mar 2009) to Red Slough Wildlife Management Area in McCurtain County (Oklahoma) to catch and band Yellow Rails. Twenty-five Yellow Rails were banded and birds were observed during each month. Rails were encountered in areas dominated by Sporobolus spp. averaging 44 cm in height in areas with 4 cm or less of standing water. Yellow Rails appear to overwinter in small numbers in McCurtain County, Oklahoma -300 km north of the Gulf Coast.
- Subjects
OKLAHOMA; YELLOW rail; ANIMAL wintering; BIRD migration; BIRD behavior
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2010, Vol 122, Issue 2, p385
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/09-099.1