Ron, this is a juvenile Virginia Rail.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
this poor bird was on my driveway this morning--the photo captures the key features except the undertail is white with rufous and black spotswhat struck me is that the bill was quite long, thin and pointy but somehow did not look like what I imagine most shorebird bills to be like, but I never get this closeRon BoltonBerthoud<bird id pic.JPG>
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