Ghost bird: How the elusive black rail may be threatened by climate change

14/09/2020 34 min
Ghost bird: How the elusive black rail may be threatened by climate change

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A little black bird may be here, underneath these bouncing dragonflies, somewhere in these sparkling green waves. A rare bird called the eastern black rail. A bird so difficult to see that John James Audubon never saw one in the wild. A bird so stealthy that even the most ardent birders haven’t seen one, though they may have heard their calls. So rare that Christy Hand, a biologist, asks — no, pleads — that you not reveal where you are because she knows mysteries are irresistible.Listen or click here to learn more about black rails in South Carolina.