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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni. Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . The Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni is, as most of you will know and the remainder will have guessed, native to Guam… in the South Pacific… a long, long way from Puerto Rico and the V.I.

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Rails: The Once and Future Kings of the Pacific

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In a few places mammals and humans may endure, but even there, rails will become island species, albeit ones that retain some anti-predator strategies. Eventually most islands will eventually lose the mammals, or the islands that have mammals will be lost themselves, and, in time, the rails will reclaim the Pacific completely.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. True to form, the United States Department of Agriculture seems less concerned about the health or status of Yellow Bitterns and more about managing the birds on Guam to minimize threats to aviation safety. You should try it too.

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