“Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These rail birds will hide in no more grass than you can hold in your hand, and still you can’t see ’em.” ...

For avid birders, the eastern black rail is the holy grail of bird sightings. Searching for this mysterious and threatened bird reveals a tale of mystery and obsession. Few will ever see SC's ...

If you're a wingshooter and have never targeted marsh hens - more properly called rail birds - you should go. Now. It's cheap and easy, and great fun with a shotgun. The season is long (through N… ...

Researchers from the University of California-Davis examined the relationship between the California Clapper Rail—an endangered bird found only in San Francisco Bay—and the invasive saltmarsh ...

The Wildlife Commission has put together a management plan designed to protect these once common “feathered mice”.

Franklin County is home to hundreds of species of bird, ... American bittern and several types of rail birds. ... The Sugarbush trail is a moderate-to-difficult 2-mile hike along grass that passes ...

MILLVILLE, N.J. – Maybe it’s time to consider a different type of bird hunt, one that actually borders on being exotic. Sora rails are a delicacy that helped fuel the market-hunting pha… ...

The Rail Trail at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge is short, flat and easy. It traverses the heart of a refuge home to 233 different types of birds, which makes spotting a “cheep-cheep” all but ...