A Glimpse
I don’t like the look of the out-of-focus plants in the foreground, but I was still pretty excited to see this sora, as I’ve rarely seen them in my life, much less had a chance to photograph one. And it was on a morning in which I had started to regret getting out of bed before sunrise, as not much had been visible.
But then I came across some cedar waxwings, had a cottontail hop up to me and sniff my boots, and then when I got to the observation blind, had a female ruddy duck to the front, a nestful of baby coots also to the front, an occasional Virginia rail off to the left, and this sora that popped into view for just a second on my right. And then a Wilson’s snipe also came out briefly to forage.
It wasn’t a great situation for pictures but it was fun seeing so many shy creatures busting out all around me.