The Condor/Volume 1/Number 2/California Clapper Rail in Alameda Co.

California Clapper Rail in Alameda Co. It would be a wise move for the Supervisors of Alameda county to declare a closed season, or two successive closed seasons, on Rail. This is the only means of preventing this fine bird, now almost absent from our marshes, from becoming annihilated. The abundance of bird after two closed seasons several years ago demonstrated the wisdom of such a law. All the sportsmen I have spoken to on this subject are heartily in favor of a closed or much shortened open season. Time, trouble and boat hire are now wasted and even the dog doesn't see any sport in returning empty-handed after a tramp through the salt grass and sticky mud.D. A. Cohen, Alameda, Cal.