Morehen
by Joseph Yarbrough
Title
Morehen
Artist
Joseph Yarbrough
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
I had never seen a morehen so the arrival of this bird which kind of looked like a duck but has feet like a chicken required some study to determine its background. So once I determined what it was here is what I found in Wikipedia: “Moorhens, sometimes called marsh hens or river chickens, are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Gallinula.[1] They are close relatives of coots, and because of their apparently nervous behavior (frequently twitching tail, neck and grinding their backs) are sometimes called "skitty coots". Often, they are referred to as (black) gallinules.”
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September 13th, 2012
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