Yellow Rail Photo Gallery
Adult
Small rail with a short tail, bill, and neck. Yellowish below and dark above with yellowish stripes down the back. Extremely secretive; runs quietly through wetland vegetation.
© Andrew Spencer / Macaulay LibraryMinnesota, June 04, 2020Adult
Small rail with a short tail, stubby bill, and buffy yellow streaks down the back. Breeds in fresh and brackish sedge-filled marshes.
© Sparrow Claw / Macaulay LibraryMichigan, May 24, 2018Adult
Small, secretive rail of marshes that is very difficult to see. This video has no audio.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryNorth Dakota, June 18, 1994Not all videos have soundAdult
In flight note white secondaries and stocky rather football-like shape.
© Laura Keene / Macaulay LibraryLouisiana, November 14, 2016
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