A water rail..... apparently..... by swillinbillyflynn

A water rail..... apparently.....

I'm not much of an ornithologist and don't go looking for bird photos. If one happens to wander into my viewfinder and I have nothing better to do, I sometimes press the shutter button just for the hell of it.

However I was wandering about in the Lost Gardens of Heligan the other day and found myself in one of their bird observation huts..... Hides I think they call them. I was peering out the window, when I was accosted by a nice young lady who was squealing with delight and seemed to be on the point of orgasm. She had a camera the size of large house brick and a lens that would have looked more at home at Jodrell Bank Observatory. She had obviously mistaken me for a fellow twitcher and was very keen to tell me there was a water rail on the lake.........

Not wishing to dampen her enthusiasm, I feigned great excitement and took several photos of this small brown and quite ordinary looking bird. (I will admit that it had a very nice red beak) I then thanked her profusely and made my escape.

Throughout the whole episode, my wife Kitty was sitting there and was struggling to supress a fit of the giggles.

So for the benefit of all you twitchers out there...... I present to you the very exciting and orgasmic water rail.

I feel sure one of you will enlighten me as to how and why such a small brown bird can excite young ladies to quite such an extent...... I may find this information very useful at some point.


Fantastic capture of this great looking bird. His reflections on the water are great.
March 19th, 2015  
@anazad511 Thank you. I suppose he is quite cute really. :)
March 19th, 2015  
Ha! Love the story to go with your lovely bird photo! Gave me a giggle! I have never seen a water rail, so am unsure of the source of the excitement. I have a couple blue heron I stalk occasionally, but not with quite so much fervor! :)
March 19th, 2015  
@monty147 I'd not seen one before. Perhaps they are quite rare. :)
March 20th, 2015  
It does look interesting. I can be of no additional help.
March 20th, 2015  
Glad you did, super bird
March 20th, 2015  
Great shot but i'm clueless as to it's pedigree
March 20th, 2015  
Great one pal...
March 20th, 2015  
Yes its a Water Rail
March 20th, 2015  
Nice capture.
March 20th, 2015  
Super shot
March 20th, 2015  
Super reflection.
March 20th, 2015  
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