Bathing sora.


When we were out on the pontoon boat Friday we came across 10 soras in a small area.
This one was bathing enthusiastically, which is something we hadn't seen before.
Usually, in my experience, they are in the reeds and don't come way out into the open like this.


Porzana carolina
Soras have earned several nicknames including Carolina rail, soree, meadow chicken, and ortolan. The name ortolan was probably given to them by hunters keen on eating the small bird, much like the actual ortolan, which is a bunting from Europe that is a delicacy in France, although an illegal one.

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