Wildlife photographer Bill Marchel, who lives near Brainerd, watched alertly with his Deutsch Drahthaar, Axel, for a sora rail to jump from a bed of wild rice. Migratory game birds, sora rails, along with Virginia rails, nest in Minnesota and spend the winters along the Gulf Coast. Some also pass through the state en route south from the Canada.
Star Tribune
Published September 21, 2005
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