common gallinule – The Jersey Birder

Which way to go? Follow the rare bird

A common gallinule -- dark body and head, red and yellow bill -- wades along the edge of a log in a swamp near a tree trunk.

A week had passed since I last went birding, and I was determined to get out before work this morning. But which way to go? At first I thought I’d go to my go-to place, the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. But birders had spotted a common gallinule — rare in these parts — the pastContinue reading “Which way to go? Follow the rare bird”