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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Notes:

I consider these my specialty bird. I have so many photos of them. a while back it had been raining a lot that day so i was running around trying to get cool photos before the rain. I snapped this but didn't think it was very good.

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2 Comments

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

This deserves a second look...great colors

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

How did you get the purple so pronounced on body...that is awesome

jamiewgoodspeed
Spotted by
jamiewgoodspeed

Ocean Ridge, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 4, 2014
Submitted on Jul 25, 2014

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