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Gallinula chloropus chloropus
The Moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red facial shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.his species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. They forage beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed.
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments and well-vegetated lakes.
spanish name: polla de agua Camera Model: NIKON D300 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec. ISO Speed Rating: 400 Focal Length: 300.0 mm Flash did not fire
Spotted on Feb 26, 2011
Submitted on Feb 13, 2012
4 Comments
Just added to "Ducks, swans and geese in Central Europe" mission
Added to Biodiversidad en España/Spain mission
hahaha, sorry, it is only that I did not use it.
I use the expression such as it comes in the image information, and of course, now I notice that it sounds as if it did not work.
nice catch
what's wrong with your flash (regardless that you didn't need it here anyway)?