Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Purple Gallinule

Lurking in the marshes of the extreme southeastern U.S. lives one of the most vividly colored birds in all of North America.


Purple Gallinules combine cherry red, sky blue, moss green, aquamarine, indigo, violet, and school-bus yellow, a color palette that blends surprisingly well with tropical and subtropical wetlands.


Watch for these long-legged, long-toed birds stepping gingerly across water lilies and other floating vegetation as they hunt frogs and invertebrates or pick at tubers. Cornell All About Birds



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