: a small short-billed North American rail (Porzana carolina) common in marshes
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Recent Examples on the WebPlymouth County: three sandhill cranes and a sora at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a peregrine falcon at Duxbury Beach.BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 Reports included a Virginia rail, a sora, a yellow-breasted chat and a clay-colored sparrow at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, and a blue-gray gnatcatcher in the Belle Isle Cemetery in East Boston.BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2021 Observers also spotted a least bittern, a sora, and an alder flycatcher at Great Meadows Refuge in Concord.BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021 In Fairhaven, there were reports of a sora, two stilt sandpipers, and an American oystercatcher, and in Dartmouth, a yellow-throated warbler was discovered on private property.BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021 Observers spotted an alder flycatcher, a sora, and a least bittern at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021 In Deerfield, a sora and three marsh wrens were tallied.BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021 Some interesting waterfowl recorded at South Monomoy Island included 10 gadwalls, four blue-winged teal, two Northern shovelers, three green-winged teal, and two ruddy ducks, as well as a sora, a common gallinule, and two American coots.BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021 Another alder flycatcher was also found at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, and in Lincoln a sora was heard calling.BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021 See More