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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
― Alice Walker, quoted from the film, "The Color Purple"
[ with all due respect to photo_tintin, whose Cinématographique series is currently at the top of his photostream and which I highly recommend viewing! ]
This is 5 pages folded to a point. I have to say this was a rather frustrating project and something I will defiantly have to revisit in the future.
During February 2013, the CLC finalized voting on
a proposal to add the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio
porphyrio) to the ABA Checklist based on a naturalized
population found in Florida (Pranty et al. 2000,
Hardin et al. 2011, Pranty 2012, Greenlaw 2013). Following
a 7–0 vote in August 2012 by members of the
Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee to
add the species to the Official Florida State Bird List,
the CLC voted 7–1 to accept the Purple Swamphen as
an established exotic. The dissenting CLC voter was
concerned that the swamphen population was not
large enough to be truly established; CLC rules allow
a species to be accepted with one dissenting vote. The
addition of Purple Swamphen raises to 977 the number
of species on the ABA Checklist.
The ABA Area’s Purple Swamphens were discovered
in May 1998 in the SilverLakes development in Pembroke
Pines, Florida, a city in Broward County that is
part of the Fort Lauderdale greater metropolitan area.
Pembroke Pines lies along the eastern edge of the remaining
Everglades. The swamphens were believed to
have been present for about a year and a half prior to
that date; thus, texts often list December 1996 as the
date the swamphens in Florida were discovered
(Pranty et al. 2000, Pranty 2012).
It was initially suggested (Pranty and Schnitzius
1998) that the swamphens had escaped from Miami MetroZoo, which lost dozens of animals as a result
of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. However, MetroZoo
is 27 miles from Pembroke Pines, and the presumed
source of the swamphen population was later traced
to two aviculturists who lived less than 0.25 mile
from SilverLakes.
These aviculturists, who collectively
owned as many as 13 pairs of swamphens, allowed
their captive swamphens to roam freely
around their neighborhoods beginning in 1992
(Pranty et al. 2000, Pranty 2012). The number of
birds that escaped initially probably was quite
small—neither aviculturist noticed any reduction
in the number of captive pairs—with probably
other swamphens escaping later and joining the
naturalized birds to eventually form the founding
flock.
This gallinule was foraging in the wetlands foliage at the Green Cay Wetlands, Florida. It was with another purple gallinule.
Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV - [EXPLORED - 3rd - made front page]
Seen on Sloane Street 21/11/2010 - Canon EOS 550D - 18-55mm IS
All comments are welcome :)
Bokehlicious purple lavenders taken against the morning sun.
(better view on black)
Have a great week!
Continuing with the Purple Sandpipers :)
Thanks to all who view and comment on my images, much appreciated :)
25s@f11
Taken at the "Illumina 2006" at the Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann. More to come.
Sunset, Steptoe Butte, Washington, USA.
A short bushwhack up a steep tick infested hill brought me to this nice view. A complex edit of focus stacked images for the flowers which were blowing all over the place, plus some exposures for the sky and sunstar. Sadly the 16-35 doesn't produce much of a star.
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The color of the month for my Color Wheel project is purple! Hoping to be a bit more active in my personal creative work this month.