Fournier, A.M.V., Krementz, D.G. 2017 Nocturnal Distance sampling All-Terrain Vehicle Surveys for Non-Breeding Rails The Wildlife Society Bulletin 41:151–156 doi:10.1002/wsb.745

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Rails are nitoriously difficult to detect, and while great methods have been developed for the breeding season, autumn migration is still a challenge. Based on previous work that showed that ATVs do well flushing birds at night for capture we designed a flushing survey protocal which can generate density estimates and allow us to ask questions about habitat use and migratory timing.