[birdky] Re: Purple Swamphen
- From: "Millie" <kymillie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brians99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "KY Birdlist Birdlist" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:13:14 -0400
We saw Purple Gallinules on our recent birding Elderhostel in southern South
Carolina. Our leaders were quite excited to see them, since they are somewhat
rare there... unlike the Moorhens that are common..... We had a good trip...
115 species, including swallow tail Kites
Millie Farmer
St. Matthews, KY
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Stern
To: KY Birdlist Birdlist
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:56 PM
Subject: [birdky] Re: Purple Swamphen
Apparently this bird has been found in good numbers in Florida since about
ten years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Swamphens_in_North_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Swamphen
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-purple-swamp-hen-b040509pnapr05,0,1616638.story
"He estimated the current population at 2,000 to 3,000."
"The swamphen has the potential to spread up through Florida and into other
Southeastern states, Hardin said."
http://SunSentinel.com/swamphen
Seems to me it's been pretty windy this winter. Maybe those shingles that
blew off my roof were because they were hit by a flying Purple Swamphen being
blown in FL ;-)
Brian
On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:03 PM, cbirding@xxxxxxx wrote:
I know how this report will be perceived but bear with me...
Location: Mt. Carmel Church Rd. on Wilson Creek
Observation date: 4/26/09
Notes: While driving on the back side of Bernheim Forest I spotted what
appeared to be a Purple Gallinule. I did not see a red bill as it was
pecking on the sandbar. I did see a very dark blue to black bird with very
red
legs dangling as the bird took to flight. Colleen and I immediately started
digging through an older copy of National Geographic and could find nothing
similar. We searched for 30 - 40 minutes but could not relocate the bird.
It was
after we got home and started going through other books when a casual
mention of
a Purple Swamphen with an illustration appeared in Sibley's Guide to Birds
(p.
154). This is without a doubt the bird I saw; Colleen was looking
elsewhere. I
did call Brainard Palmer-Ball to discuss the probability or lack thereof. I
continued to research this for a couple of hours today and came to the same
conclusion.
Number of species: 1
Purple Swamphen 1
Tom Becker
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Brian Stern
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