This buff-colored juvenile Purple Gallinule with the wet head feathers is enjoying his freshwater environment of pickerelweed and other aquatic vegetation. He’s just beginning to show the Purple Gallinule‘s characteristic blue shield above his beak, and a faint bluish hue is beginning to appear in his wing feathers. Before long our young bird will begin […]
Monthly Archives: October 2023
A variety of lovely blooms seen over the HOT summer in some of my favorite places in Florida: Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Green Cay Wetlands, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary . . . . . . and below, two special finds at Staten Island, New York’s wonderful Snug Harbor Botanical Gardens.☀️
Anhingas are often seen diving into ponds and open water, as underwater fishing is their specialty. But this fellow looked a little awkward, leaning WAY over the railing, apparently peering at something tasty among these densely growing emergent plants in very shallow water. We frequently see Anhingas dive into open water, swim around, and then […]
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