Wakodahatchee Wetlands: Purple Gallinule: It was a very productive walk around these beautiful wetlands earlier this week. There is a mile-long boardwalk, and the wildlife is used to...

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

It was a very productive walk around these beautiful wetlands earlier this week. There is a mile-long boardwalk, and the wildlife is used to people being on the boardwalk, and they ignore us as we gawk and point cameras...

All SOOC with some cropping using a Canon 6D v.1 and a Canon 100-400mm v.1.

Set # 2 if you missed it:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-727762-1.html#12902996

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jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN

Great captures....I've never seen a Purple Gallinule. Must be a great place .

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Good captures.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I have never seen one with that head and beak color combo. Great capture.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set of a colorful bird, Steve!

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Nice. But a Purple Swamp Hen, not a Gallinule.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

sb wrote:

It was a very productive walk around these beautiful wetlands earlier this week. There is a mile-long boardwalk, and the wildlife is used to people being on the boardwalk, and they ignore us as we gawk and point cameras...

All SOOC with some cropping using a Canon 6D v.1 and a Canon 100-400mm v.1.

Set # 2 if you missed it:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-727762-1.html#12902996

Nice set Steve

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Retired CPO wrote:

Nice. But a Purple Swamp Hen, not a Gallinule.

Yes - you are correct. I had never heard of this non-native species, which is in the same family as the purple gallinule, that has been introduced into Florida. I was thinking that these "purple gallinule" were larger than ordinarily seen! The swamphen is larger and generally has a red frontal shield, as these do, whereas the gallinule has a white one.

The Florida Ag Extension Service has published a whie paper on distinguishing the two birds:

http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/IR/00/00/34/26/00001/UW31500.pdf

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Nice shots of another Florida exotic

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

sb wrote:

It was a very productive walk around these beautiful wetlands earlier this week. There is a mile-long boardwalk, and the wildlife is used to people being on the boardwalk, and they ignore us as we gawk and point cameras...

All SOOC with some cropping using a Canon 6D v.1 and a Canon 100-400mm v.1.

Set # 2 if you missed it:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-727762-1.html#12902996

Well done, Steve!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Very good set Steve. Do you know if the Purple Gallinule is native to the west coast of Florida? I have never seen one.

Don

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

sb wrote:

It was a very productive walk around these beautiful wetlands earlier this week. There is a mile-long boardwalk, and the wildlife is used to people being on the boardwalk, and they ignore us as we gawk and point cameras...

All SOOC with some cropping using a Canon 6D v.1 and a Canon 100-400mm v.1.

Set # 2 if you missed it:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-727762-1.html#12902996

Great set! Thanx for posting!

dreff Loc: Bow, WA

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