With all this color I have to say that the Purple Gallinule is one of my favorite summer residents of Brazos Bend State Park. I know there has been one hanging out at the park all winter so I don’t know if this is a bird that just arrived or one that has been around all winter but I sure enjoyed watching it during a recent visit to the park. I was able to set up and work on my getting some neat poses as the bird walked around on the floating vegetation occasionally snatching some pretty scary looking bugs from the water. On several occasions the bird boldly walked right up to be allowing for some close-ups like this one.

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Porphyrio martinicus