Re: ?Virginia Rail at Smithsonian Institution?

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Jim, 

Do you think it's gone to NY to hang out at the Met for a few months?  

Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com

Thanks for keeping track of it....

At 09:33 AM 10/13/98 EDT, Jim Felley wrote:
>
>I have not seen the Virginia Rail since the afternoon of October 5 (last
>Monday).  That's the bad news, and I'll assume it is gone until I
>see it again.  The good news is that it was flying when I saw it.
>As I exited the west door of the A&I museum, the rail flew over the
>museum towards the National Museum of African Art, flew over the
>NMAfA, then folded its wings and dove (presumably) into the yews along
>Independence Avenue.  If flew strongly and well, and showed no hint
>of any problem with its left wing (you may recall that it held this
>wing in a upturned fashion, suggesting an injury).
>   I initially viewed it from directly underneath, not a postion I am
>used to for viewing rails.  So I stopped in my tracks, wondering
>"What the **** is that?"  Its identity became clear as it dropped to the
>other side of the NMAfA, where I lost it to view.
>   No more from me on the rail unless I see it again.
>                         Jim
>
>                         Jim Felley
>                         irmss668@sivm.si.edu
>                         Smithsonian Institution
>
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