County Road 15, out of Capon, WV, is Cold Stream Road. Just a small
correction that might help w. Google Maps.
Rich Rieger
Alexandria
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jason Berry <jgbrc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 4, 2012 9:06:16 AM EDT
To: "va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Continuing WV Black Rail
Reply-To: Jason Berry <jgbrc@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday I joined a group of VA, MD, DC and WV birders as we waited to hear (see?) the Black Rail first seen last Tuesday, May 29th just north of Capon Bridge, WV. We waited most of the time by the side of the road where it periodically called briefly (about 1 x every hour). Finally about 4pm we had the bird call for about 5 minutes close to the road. We were also told that the best time to come is dusk/evening when it seems to call non stop.
The exact location: Wet field across from a group of mailboxes on Cold Spring Rd (1.3 miles north of where Cold Spring Rd intersects with Rt. 50 at the town of Capon Bridge).
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
P.S. Hope this doesn't bother anyone that this is West Virginia, but it's just about 20 minutes from VA and quite an amazing inland rarity I thought VA birders might like to be updated about!
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