My Field Guide to North American Birds lists the Gallinules, but it's not pictured. It must be fairly obscure. Simply identified under "Bird Families" in the same paragraph with Rails and Coots. Therefore, I gladly accept Ann's word that it's a Purple Gallinule. Rare catch!
Welcome -Z! Jack --- On Sat, 2/20/10, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Some sort of duck? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:49 PM > From: David Savage > > On 21 February 2010 09:09, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you > wrote: > >> > > >>> >>this is my very first submission to > public critique of any kind, so > >>> >>please be gentle... :) >> > >>> >>http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html > - a bird i > >>> >>shot while walking around > wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks > >>> >>ago... > >> > > >> > It's not a cormorant. > >> > > >> > That's about the extent of my bird > expertise. :-) > > > > Yep. It.s a duck. > > > > ...and it's not some pretty thing in a bikini. Which > exhausts my bird > > photography knowledge. > > Easy to find. It's in Florida, so Google "Wading Birds of > Florida" > > http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/wading-birds.html > > click link for "marsh birds" > click links for "pictures of marsh birds of North America" > > Not Bitterns, not American Coot, not Cranes ... > > Purple Gallinule > > ... and whattaya know? > > They're all from Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, > > Kool! Very distinctive. Good catch. > > BTW - Cormorants are under seabirds. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
