Virginia Rail Bragging Rights & More

This past week a fish salvage took place for three days. As part of a slough restoration project pupfish were trapped, removed from one stream and placed in another. One of our endangered pupfish

Endemic spring snails. They live here at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and no where else on earth.

Non-native crayfish. With voracious appetites for pupfish, these are maybe the biggest threat.

And, the Virginia Rail..... This is a shy reclusive bird that doesn't allow itself to be seen very often. Someone spotted it. Identification was by Carl Lundblad, our resident bird expert. He tells me that this is a bird that rarely allows itself to be photographed. I was lucky to be there with camera in hand.