Gail, Bill et al.,
Thanks for the embarrassing advance praise! I was lucky enough to be at the right spot at the right time, with the right people to point out that the bird was perched and in good sight while I was still looking for it at the base of the cattails...
I just posted six pictures at the end of the gallery, see link below. Thanks to Dave Powell for the terrific bird!
Evelyn
http://tweetweet.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds/2011/15395235_AaVQY
On May 3, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Bill Hubick wrote:
> Dick,
>
> I would have loved to have had a more extensive photo shoot with the Purple Gallinule, but I was very pleased with seeing and hearing it as well as we did. Here's the best I managed to snap:
>
> http://www.billhubick.com/images2/purple_gallinule_hughes_md_20110503.jpg
>
> I'm sure others got some better shots (Evelyn, I hope!), and I will probably return sometime soon if it sticks around for a while. I also got some short recordings of it vocalizing.
>
> A big thanks to Dave Powell for the awesome find! I look forward to fulfilling the beer debt for the great state bird. Thanks also to Jim Stasz for wandering around and finding it while the rest of us watched Bullfrogs wrestling!
>
> Some other photos from the weekend:
> http://www.billhubick.com/photos/updates/20110502.php
>
> Good birding!
>
> Bill
>
> Bill Hubick
> Pasadena, Maryland
>
> http://www.billhubick.com
>
>
> --- On Tue, 5/3/11, Richard Maley <> wrote:
>
>> From: Richard Maley <>
>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Photos of Purple Gallinule?
>> To:
>> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 7:36 PM
>> Did anyone get any good photos of the
>> Purple Gallinule at Hughes Hollow?
>>
>> Where can I see them?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Dick Maley
>>
>
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