Clapper Rails are secretive birds ... and here is one stepping briefly out of the marsh grass and checking to see if the coast is clear.
EB Forsythe NWR, Oceanville, NJ
Canon 7D
Canon 500/4 + 1.4X
1/1600 sec f/5.6 ISO 640
Viveza 2
CS6
NR on BG with Noiseware Pro