Carolina Bird Club Bird Photo Gallery
Gruiformes – Rails, Coots, Cranes

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Yellow Rail - 28 Apr 2006 - Rutherfordton, NC - Jim Petranka

Black Rail - 29 June 2002 - North River Marsh, NC - Brad Carlson

	Clapper Rail - 28 Apr 2012 - Charleston, SC - Walt Kent
	Clapper Rail - 29 Aug 2011 - High Point, NC - Carma Loftin
	Clapper Rail - 12 Sept 2011 - Federal Point boat access, Fort Fisher, NC - John Ennis
	Clapper Rail - 16 Jan 2012 - Oregon Inlet, NC - James Meehan
	Clapper Rail - 24 Aug 2010 - Morehead City, NC - Phil Dickinson
	Clapper Rail - 2 Aug 2010 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Charlie English
	Clapper Rail - 22 May 2010 - Mason Inlet, Wrightsville Beach, NC - John Ennis
	Clapper Rail - 2 June 2010 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Charlie English
	Clapper Rail - 21 May 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Clapper Rail - 29 Apr 2009 - the South Litchfield causeway, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Clapper Rail - June 2005 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Charles Tysinger
	Clapper Rail - 27 Dec 2008 - Cape Hatteras, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Clapper Rail - 20 Oct 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jack Ogburn
	Clapper Rail - 23 June 2008 - Charleston, SC - Cathy Miller
	Clapper Rail - 30 Sept 2005 - Mt. Pleasant, SC - Becky Bateman

	King Rail - 17 May 2010 - Colleton County, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
	King Rail - 15 May 2008 - Nags Head, NC - Jeff Lewis
	King Rail - 8 Dec 2007 - Cape Point, NC - Mike Johnson
	King Rail - 8 May 2005 - Palmetto Peartree Preserve, Tyrrell Co., NC - Jeff Lewis

	Virginia Rail - 18 Jan 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Virginia Rail - 23 Mar 2010 - Roanoke Island, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Virginia Rail - 3 Jan 2010 - Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
	Virginia Rail - 8 Dec 2007 - Cape Point, NC - Mike Johnson

	Sora - 14 Jan 2012 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Ron Clark
	Sora - 1 Oct 2011 - Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC - John Ennis
	Sora - 29 March 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Sora - 30 Jan 2011 - Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Sora - 24 Mar 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Sora - 8 Dec 2007 - Cape Point, NC - Mike Johnson
	Sora - 17 April 2007 - Guilford Co., NC - Melissa Whitmire
	Sora - Blowing Rock, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Sora - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - 25 Jan 2005 - Phil Turner

	Purple Gallinule - 20 May 2012 - Nags Head, NC - Chip Masterson
	Purple Gallinule - 25 Jan 2012 - Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Greg Hudson
	Purple Gallinule - 1 Oct 2011 - Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC - John Ennis
	Purple Gallinule - May and July 2011 - Lake Moultrie, SC - Sparkle Clark
	Purple Gallinule - 11 May 2011 - Mecklenburg County, NC - John Haire
	Purple Gallinule - 10 May 2011 - Huntersville, NC - Phil Fowler
	Purple Gallinule - 10 June 2010 - Duck, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Purple Gallinule - May 2007 - Duck, NC - Mark Buckler

	Common Gallinule - 29 Jan 2012 - Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Greg Hudson
	Common Gallinule - 1 Oct 2011 - Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC - John Ennis
	Common Gallinule - 17 July 2011 - Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC - Carl Miller
	Common Gallinule - 30 July 2010 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Common Gallinule - 14 Feb 2010 - Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC - Don Faulkner
	Common Gallinule - 2 Nov 2008 - Charleston, SC - Cathy Miller
	Common Gallinule - 20 Sep 2008 - Magnolia Gardens, SC - Jerry Kerschner
	Common Gallinule - 16 Nov 2007 - Hendersonville, NC - Wayne Forsythe
	Common Gallinule - 13 Apr 2007 - Ocracoke Is., NC - Peter Vankevich

	American Coot - 23 Oct 2011 - Yancey Co, NC - Corinne Diggins
	American Coot - 29 Jan 2012 - Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, NC - Robert Etheridge
	American Coot - 8 Nov 2011 - Sunset Beach Twin Lakes, NC - John Ennis
	American Coot - 12 Feb 2011 - Charlotte, NC - Sparkle Clark
	American Coot - 29 Dec 2010 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Cathy Miller
	American Coot - 10 Mar 2009 - Boone, NC - Ruth Jordan
	American Coot - 2 Nov 2008 - Charleston, SC - Cathy Miller
	American Coot - 27 Jan 2008 - Savannah NWR, SC - Don Faulkner

Limpkin - 25 Apr 2007 - Magnolia Gardens, SC - Doug Johnston

	Sandhill Crane - 9 May 2011 - Buxton, NC - Jeff Lewis
	Sandhill Crane - 25 Apr 2011 - Durham County, NC - Brandon Sherrill
	Sandhill Crane - 23 Feb 2011 - Townville, SC - Cherrie B. Sneed
	Sandhill Crane - 17 Feb 2011 - Henderson County, NC - Wayne Forsythe
	Sandhill Crane - 24 Dec 2010 - Santee National Wildlife Refuge, SC - Sparkle Clark
	Sandhill Crane - 31 Jan 2010 - near Beaufort, NC - Ali Iyoob
	Sandhill Crane - 1 Jan 2010 - McClellanville, SC - Stephen Thomas
	Sandhill Crane - 23 Sept 2009 - Rockingham, NC - Mitch Binnarr
	Sandhill Cranes - 27 Jan 2008 - Halifax Co., NC - Ricky Davis
	Sandhill Cranes - 20 Jan 2008 - Lancaster Co., SC - Blayne Olsen and Stephen Thomas
	Sandhill Crane - 18 Feb 2007 - Swansboro, NC - John Ennis
	Sandhill Cranes - 28 January 2006 - Beaufort, NC - Holly Powell
	Sandhill Crane - Guilford Co., NC - 20 March 2005 - Kent Fiala
	Sandhill Crane - Greenville, NC - April 2001 - Charles Thomas
	Sandhill Cranes - North River Marsh, NC - December 16, 2001 - Doug Wolf