Environment

Phantoms of the Marsh

WRVO | By John Weeks

Published October 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM EDT

In this archived broadcast from October 4, 1990, John Weeks discusses the phantoms of the marshes, better known as rails. Weeks talks about how he stumbled onto their nest and the reaction the birds had to his visits. Weeks also offers a description of the species.

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John Weeks

John Weeks studied ornithology and wildlife management at Cornell University and earned a graduate degree in plant ecology from Syracuse University. He has served as Conservation Biologist for the NYS Conservation Department; Associate Professor of Biology at SUNY Oswego; Founding Director of The Rogers Environmental Education Center at Sherburne, NY; and Director of the Onondaga Nature Center and Center for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods, Marcellus, NY. He assisted in the creation of the Cayuga Nature Center and the Sterling Nature Center in Cayuga County near Fair Haven, NY.

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