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Yellow Rail 7 inches
If in the night you hear what sounds like the rhythmic tapping of two pebbles, you may be listening to the quixotic song of the secretive yellow rail. Though the ephemeral wetlands and native grasslands of Grand Forks County offer suitable habitat for this sparrow-sized bird, the yellow rail is seldom seen. Its nighttime call, however, gives it away. So even if the chances of actually seeing a yellow rail are nil, a careful listener may hear it in the county's remaining wet meadows.
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