Light-footed Clapper Rail

An elusive Clapper Rail at Newport Backbay. They normally hide deep in the vegetation bordering marshes. A federally listed endangered species due to habitat loss.

[Neda Lundie]

Nice! Lucky find.

[Pankaj Sharma]

This is awesome catch..I know it is very difficult capturing such species.

[Kerri]

That's awesome! I want to see one!!

[molizard]

wonderful find! sweet shot!

[Ginger Sanders]

Thanks for sharing...I've never seen one. It is lovely!

[Ellen E]

wow - excellent shot. haven't seen these either.

[Sheila]

I've never seen or heard of such a bird....very cool!

[Cherrill]

What a great bird to manage to photograph. Our water rails here in England are also very elusive. I was lucky enough to see on with chicks once!! This looks quite large too.

[Roe Jan]

Terrific find and you got an excellent shot of him, too!

[Kim Ables]

cute little guy!

[FaerieMoon]

He's very cool looking! Glad you were able to capture him in a photo

[Geertje K.]

What an interesting bird! Is it a walking bird or can he also fly? Amazing capture!

[Bugik]

Endangered... that's quite sad. Great shot!

[Josie Bennett]

What an awesome sighting!

[Jnadonza]

Cool capture

[Harsh Brown]

great capture!

[Margaret Tryon]

Excellent capture

[Henriette Sparkes]

Beautiful bird in great looking habitat! Fabulous shot of it too.

[Brad Johnson]

Nice catch. What a great place to wander around and shoot.