Purple Gallinule at Orlando Wetlands: I found my first Purple Gallinule that was actually purple on my very first visit to Orlando Wetlands. He caught a snail and gave it to the kids.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

I found my first Purple Gallinule that was actually purple on my very first visit to Orlando Wetlands. He caught a snail and gave it to the kids. It was fun to watch. I also noticed a cluster of butterfly eggs in the background. Can anyone ID the eggs?

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#3 Breakfast for the kids

#4 a little push and shove

#5 one lucky kid gets the snail

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

EXCELLENT! Good for you. I was just there a week ago and I can't wait to go back

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Lucky you. We don't have those around here. I've got some shots of Common Moorhens recently re-named Common Gallinule , but we don't see Purple Gallinules around here.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

cosmo54 wrote:

EXCELLENT! Good for you. I was just there a week ago and I can't wait to go back

Thank you! I really love that place and will go back often.

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

Sunfish 33 wrote:

Thank you! I really love that place and will go back often.

and i LOVE the size of their feet!!

mellaken3 Loc: Burnsville, NC

Sunfish 33 wrote:

I found my first Purple Gallinule that was actually purple on my very first visit to Orlando Wetlands. He caught a snail and gave it to the kids. It was fun to watch. I also noticed a cluster of butterfly eggs in the background. Can anyone ID the eggs?

I think the eggs you are referring to are Apple Snail eggs.

tk Loc: Iowa

Great shots!

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

mellaken3 wrote:

I think the eggs you are referring to are Apple Snail eggs.

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the info.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

How adorable are those babies?!

Birdguide Loc: Ormond Beach, FL

Sunfish these are fun, watching the scene play out must have been a treat, isn't it amazing how hard it can be to spot the P. Galinule, I go to Blue Heron Wetlands in Titusville quite often, I know the galinules are there but I only spot them about 50 percent of the time and sometimes go for weeks without finding one. I love that first image, what a set a feet, couldn't blow him down in a hurricane.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent shots Lamar.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

tk wrote:

Great shots!

Thanks tk!!!!!!!

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

Linda From Maine wrote:

How adorable are those babies?!

Thanks Linda! You got to love them.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

Birdguide wrote:

Sunfish these are fun, watching the scene play out must have been a treat, isn't it amazing how hard it can be to spot the P. Galinule, I go to Blue Heron Wetlands in Titusville quite often, I know the galinules are there but I only spot them about 50 percent of the time and sometimes go for weeks without finding one. I love that first image, what a set a feet, couldn't blow him down in a hurricane.

Thanks so much for commenting! The feet do amaze me.

Sunfish 33 Loc: Merritt Island, Fl

angler wrote:

Excellent shots Lamar.

Thanks Jim! This was a new area for me and I was hoping for one of these. I've been hunting for this one for quite a while.