[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed on one of the islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1990)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2006)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This juvenile Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This juvenile Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 6, 2008)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail and downy chick was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 6, 2008)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at the Crab Street marsh, Surfside Beach, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 17, 2009)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at the Crab Street marsh, Surfside Beach, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 17, 2009)