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1999 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Lake Los Carneros - Five Sora were seen foraging in the reeds that lay in the shallow water at the edge of the lake.
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Photo from Florida.
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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I found this Sora outside one of the buildings where I work at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, CA. It was weak and quite approachable, but appeared uninjured. I placed it in a box and took it to a nice freshwater pond with suitable habitat after work. I hope it recovers.One of the interesting things I discovered is Sora looks at you directly head-on and not to the side as a passerine does. It would follow my movements with it's head pointed toward me as in this photo. It obviously looks for food in the manner of a raptor by peering straight ahead.
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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The Sora (Porzana carolina) is a small (Robin-Sized) rail that has a wonderful, descending "whinny" which can be heard mornings and evenings around marshes. Good luck catching a glimpse of this one, though, as they're normally secretive and inhabit the thick cattails and reeds. This one was recorded in Tavasci Marsh [Arizona]. Though they normally walk on the reeds and weeds or in shallow water, I have seen Soras swim briefly, too.
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This is what I call the Sora's "piping call" they'll often do this for several minutes, piping every 10 seconds or so. I've "compressed" this sample, taking some of the silence between pipes out.
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Two of the typical calls of the Sora are the "Ker-wee" and "Wee-eer" heard here. These sounds are usually single calls, and are not heard together the way I've put them together in this sample.
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Sora (Porzana carolina Linn.).
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San Jose Del Cabo - Estuary
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Santiago de Atitlan
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