spot-flanked gallinule

This adult bird was swimming toward the shore of reeds, there was hiding her chick

You can only barely see a spotted flank here, but the greenish bill is readily visible.

Sorry was unable to do any browsing yesterday or so far today. Will hopefully have some time and energy left after my lecture and dinner this evening. Meanwhile, here come three more from Argentina, of which only one new lifer. I'll hop and skip a bit rather than follow the alphabet, just so as...

Restricted access to the waterfowl reserve, Campiche River Lake northeast of Valparaiso, Chile prevented close approach to the water. This bird was really beyond the reach of my telephoto lens. The result: severe cropping, and a fuzzy and pixilated photo. But I thought this photo was worth...