Way off course
Purple Gallinule - this species of bird is usually found in South-eastern US, Mexico and Central and South America. On a trip back from Montreal I received news that this bird was spotted on the shores of the St. Lawrence river in Eastern Ontario. After a couple of hours of looking we almost gave up and as we were leaving the bird presented himself first by foraging in the shoreline banks, I'm not quite sure what he was after, and then in the shrubs for wild grapes. Apparently there was enough food to sustain him even in the colder climate as he was fairly active. Unfortunately it was late in the day and I only had a couple of minutes with him before he scurried back into the brush.
Way off course
Purple Gallinule - this species of bird is usually found in South-eastern US, Mexico and Central and South America. On a trip back from Montreal I received news that this bird was spotted on the shores of the St. Lawrence river in Eastern Ontario. After a couple of hours of looking we almost gave up and as we were leaving the bird presented himself first by foraging in the shoreline banks, I'm not quite sure what he was after, and then in the shrubs for wild grapes. Apparently there was enough food to sustain him even in the colder climate as he was fairly active. Unfortunately it was late in the day and I only had a couple of minutes with him before he scurried back into the brush.