Rails and Cranes

Purple Gallinule



Limpkin - Lagrange County, IN - January, 2024 and Florida - May, 2018

Yellow Rail (dead) - Hammond Bird Sanctuary, Lake County, Indiana - October, 2012

Clapper Rail - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018 and Dauphin Island, Alabama - April, 2010

King Rail - Cane Ridge, Gibson County, Indiana - June, 2009

Virginia Rail - St. Joe County, Michigan and Porter County, Indiana - April

Sora - South Padre Island, Texas - April

Gray-headed Swamphen - Green Cay Wetlands, Florida - May, 2018

Purple Gallinule - La Porte County, Indiana - May, 2010

Common Gallinule (adults and chicks) - Green Cay Wetlands, FL - May, 2018 and South Padre Island, TX - April, 2018

Common Gallinule (juvenile) - Green Cay Wetlands, Florida - April, 2018

American Coot - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - December, 2006 and South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2018

Sandhill Crane - St. Joe County, MI, Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM, Porter County, IN and Elkhart County, IN

Sandhill Crane (in flight) - St. Joe County, Michigan

Whooping Crane (adult) - Kankakee FWA, Indiana - March, 2011

Whooping Crane (adult in flight) - Aransas NWR, Texas - April, 1990

Whooping Crane (immature) - Horicon Marsh NWR, Wisconsin - October, 2023

Common Crane - Demotte Fields, Newton County, Indiana - March 10, 2021

Hooded Crane - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - February 11, 2012

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