Black Rail
Black Rails are nesters in isolated Areas.
Any reports make the CoBus Rare Bird Alert on homepage.
- Fort Lyons Wildlife Area; Bent County
BLRA nested in the Western section of Fort Lyons WLA in 2003.
Check ponds west and below parking area.
In the past, they nested in the following locations,
which lacked water in 2003:
CR 16, 0.5 miles South of CR JJ.
CR 16, 0.5 miles East of CR 19.
- Bent's Old Fort; Otero County
For years in the past, BLRA have nested in the cattails
along Highway 194, just East of Bent's Old Fort
Please feel free to contact CoBus at:
E-mail:cobus@worldnet.att.net
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