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Sora on John Flannagan Reservoir

While fishing from our boat on John Flannagan Reservoir in Dickenson County VA, my wife and I came upon this immature Sora feeding along a rocky shore. At times it was even 25-30 feet up on a vertical cliff face. Evidently the bird had stopped during its fall migration to feed along the lake shore. These photos are poor ones but do tell the story. I have never seen a Sora feed in such an area, and this is the first one I have ever seen on the reservoir.
Immature Sora feeding along a ledge
Immature Sora feeding along a ledge
Found something
Found something
Checking out the dark places
Checking out the dark places
Flitting to another ledge
Flitting to another ledge
Clinging to the cliff face
Clinging to the cliff face
Bottle shows relative size
Bottle shows relative size
Large feet
Large feet