Date: 10/22/25 9:49 am
From: Taylor Leesnitzer <tleesnitzer...>
Subject: Re: Garden Heights-SORA Richmond Heights.
The employees of GH are aware that this is abnormal but haven’t seen the
Sora. If they see it again, they know to attempt to contain and contact a
local licensed rehabilitation facility for evaluation and treatment if
necessary.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM Bill Eddleman <eddlemanw48...>
wrote:

> Rallids (rails, coots, gallinules) are night migrants and land if is
> getting too light early in the morning or (I suspect) if they run out of
> fuel (fat reserves). Short of catching and releasing it in more appropriate
> habitat, there’s not a lot to be done.
>
> ——Bill Eddleman, Cape Girardeau
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM David Becher <davidbecher...> wrote:
>
>> A Sora should have no difficulty taking off. Loons and Grebes are the
>> species that have to be rescued.
>> David Becher
>> St. Louis
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Lisa Saffell <lesfstl...>
>> Date: 10/22/25 8:28 AM (GMT-06:00)
>> To: <MOBIRDS-L...>
>> Subject: Re: Garden Heights-SORA Richmond Heights.
>>
>> Tony,
>> Let me know if they need help trying to capture it. I’m not too far away.
>>
>>
>> “A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
>> song.” — Maya Angelou
>>
>> Lisa Saffell, St. Louis
>> @instagram.com/lisasaffell
>> @instagram.com/stl_birder
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2025, at 8:53 PM, Lottie Bushmann <lottie.bushmann...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> No! Not normal. My understanding is that they make the mistake of landing
>> on wet black asphalt thinking it’s water. They need to be on water to
>> actually take off and fly. So he needs to be rescued. Hopefully someone on
>> here can help and advise you on next steps.
>>
>> Lottie Bushmann
>> Columbia Mo
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM Tony Forsythe <tonyf...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My wife works at Garden Heights in Richmond Heights. Back on the 5th of
>>> October they sent me a picture of a bird that was running around parking
>>> lot. It was a Sora. Not the typical habitat for a Sora. I assumed it was
>>> migrating through and would be gone the next day. The employees texted
>>> today and said it’s still there and they are getting concerned.
>>>
>>> Is this normal for a Sora to be here this late in the year?
>>>
>>> Tony Forsythe
>>>
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