This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.
This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Purple Gallinule

(Porphyrio martinica)

Description:

This was my first meeting with this species, and it came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t counting on this meeting. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me.

Date Taken: 2021:04:20 12:32

Location:

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1500

File Name: PurpleGallinule_D5X9699SPI_ConventionCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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