Yellow Rail

Jim Petranka photographed this Yellow Rail on 28 April 2006.

The bird was found in a mowed hayfield one mile from Rutherfordton, North Carolina by an unknown person who thought it was an injured Bobwhite and took to a wildlife rehabber. The bird was found to be in good health and possibly just fatigued. It was given to Dr. Jim Petranka, biology professor at UNC-Asheville, who took this picture and then released the bird at a marsh in an undisclosed location.