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Uploaded: 05/17/09 12:06 AM GMT
Purple Gallinule
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Status: active

Found at Davis Bayou, the same bayou area as the Green Herons. There are also alligators, snakes, lizards, bullfrogs and numerous biting insects.

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.muki7
05/17/09 12:37 AM GMT
A nice capture of the colourful swamp hen Elizabeth. I havn't see one of these in quite a while. I hear what your saying about biting insects. That's why i keep a tube of Benadryl and aloe in my camera bag. Great post
Thanks for sharing

Ed
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Enjoy nature, Take nothing but photographs and leave nothing but footprints
::Jimbobedsel
05/17/09 12:51 AM GMT
That's a beautiful bird. I guess when your knee is on backwards, you can bend your leg like that. LOL. Super capture, Elizabeth.

Jimbob
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Is anybody out there?
.amishy
05/17/09 12:54 AM GMT
Beautiful! Like your composition~the grasses and water make such a lovely natural background. He's a stunning bird~so colorful and detailed! Well done! :)Ami
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
.Starglow
05/17/09 1:13 AM GMT
Great capture and you came away safe and sound. You have a wide collection of birds to get shots of. Nice job.
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.SatCom
05/17/09 2:37 AM GMT
Great capture.....I've never seen anything quite like it before. Love the color and clarity..Great job again my friend.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. - Ansel Adams....... My Gallery
::cynlee
05/17/09 4:27 AM GMT
Wonderful color, Elizabeth. Such nice animals you find there, especially the birds.
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toetsie
05/17/09 4:44 AM GMT
Marvellous capture!!
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.Love Flanders.Joost...
.thomasw1217
05/17/09 4:57 AM GMT
Fantastic capture, thanks so much for sharing a bird I don't normally see.
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.Catharina1
05/17/09 9:08 AM GMT
Beautiful well coloured bird Elizabeth! Good post! Mich
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.corngrowth
05/17/09 10:40 AM GMT
---There are also alligators, snakes, lizards, bullfrogs and numerous biting insects---

Have admiration for your courage Elizabeth. Thanks anyhow for providing us with this beautiful image.

Regards, Cornelius.


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Cornelius was here either to enjoy your image or say 'thank you' for your interest in my gallery. In the first case, please CLICK HERE to see my work!
.gizmo1
05/17/09 11:47 AM GMT
What a lovely photo it is a 100% well done.
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::100k_xle
05/17/09 12:14 AM GMT

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This Image GRABBED my EYE. That's Why I Stopped By. Thanks For Sharing ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience
.billyoneshot
05/17/09 2:25 PM GMT
Great shot here Elizabeth. Isnt it amazing what we go through for a couple of good shots.
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Billy
::sharonva
05/17/09 5:12 PM GMT
Nice catch! It looks like he was taking his nap after a hard morning's fishing! Great focus and subject!
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"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Thassay so hard, so sharp the conquering..." Chaucer
.ohpampered1
05/17/09 6:11 PM GMT
Wow, you have so very funky birds by you, and I love to see them. Wonderful job.
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Come over to the dark side, we have cookies. :)
.gonedigital
05/17/09 7:55 PM GMT
Quite an odd looking bird Liz it reminds me of a cross between a Moorhen, & a Coot only more colourful.

Thanks for sharing this lovely photograph .. Phil
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Look after the wildlife folks
::SEFA
05/17/09 10:28 PM GMT
A beautiful bird. I like the colors a lot and I also like his pose. A grat capture!
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SEFA
::garrettparkinson
05/18/09 3:21 AM GMT
Excellent! One of your best.

Garrett
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::0930_23
05/18/09 5:18 AM GMT
Such wonderful subjects you have for models Elizabeth. You do them such justice. Another good example of something most of us never see. Great post.

Tick* was here

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Insure what you touch during your lifetime, is not coated with the fingerprints of apathy....Tick
.Olaus
05/18/09 7:57 PM GMT
A very beautiful and colorful bird.Excellent shot Elizabeth.
Christer
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.Tomeast
05/20/09 12:09 AM GMT
I wish we had birds like this in New England.Fine catch!
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