Sora, Green Island Wetlands, Mississippi Valley, Iowa
I found another Wilson’s Snipe last Saturday at the same spot where I had taken a picture a week earlier, but a day later we didn’t see any of them. With the warm weather they may have moved on further north. Instead we found two Sora in the same habitat along the wooded, water-filled canal that borders the Green Island Road. The Sora is the most common and widely distributed rail in North America but it is a small secretive bird that lives in freshwater marshes and is not always easy to locate. They move very fast while feeding and foraging between old vegetation in the shallow water. With the dappled light between the trees it was quite a challenge to get a sharp and halfway correct exposed picture. A bird we always enjoy seeing!