Purple Swamp Hen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

[wayne_eddy]

An opportunistic shot of a Purple Swamp Hen (Porphyrio porphyrio):

Crop in some difficult light:

[nikonanista]

really nice!
i love this 'rare' bird.
where did you take these photos?

[Cooney]

Excellent shots, Wayne! This is also called the Purple Gallinule, one of my favorite birds!

I might not be the right person to say this but the rules of the forum are no more then 1 pic posted every 48 hours and images must be 750 pixels or less on the long side. If I were you, I would leave the bottom pic, that is the better of the two. With the top shot, you cut off his toe!

[wayne_eddy]

They may be Gallinule in the US, but in Australia they are know as Swamp Hens and in NZ as the Pukekohe.

I took these at a wetland across the road from my house.

[wayne_eddy]

Excellent shots, Wayne! This is also called the Purple Gallinule, one of my favorite birds!

I might not be the right person to say this but the rules of the forum are no more then 1 pic posted every 48 hours and images must be 750 pixels or less on the long side. If I were you, I would leave the bottom pic, that is the better of the two. With the top shot, you cut off his toe!

Oh, I didn't cut off the toe. If you zoom out a bit you will see the whole bird as shot.

Thanks for the info Cooney.

I'll edit the shots in the morning to the specified size and link them accordingly.

[suzanne huot]

Lovely image ,but the crazy foot half out of the water makes this image for me

[robateau]

Excellent shot, Wayne! You handled the lighting very well.

[ChrisRoss]

Nice image Wyne, good pose and like the lighting on this one.