GALLINULE
(Kleinkoningriethaan)
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This cache forms a part of the YWP Bird series.
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I DECIDED TO DO THIS BIRD TRAIL IN YELLOWWOOD PARK, SEEING THAT ALL STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER BIRDS. I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS WHICH WE SEE EVERY DAY AND TAKE FOR GRANTED... IT OPENED MY EYES.
Don't forget to treat this birdie like you would like your cache to be treated.
Please Bring your own Pen
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The purple gallinule is a brightly colored marsh bird comparable in size to a chicken. The adult birds length is around 12 inches. Adults have green/olive backs and wings. The head, neck, breast and belly are an attractive blue/purple. The undertail coverts are white, eyes are red, and the beak is red with a yellow tip. The forehead is covered by a light blue shield. Feet and legs are bright yellow. The sexes are similar in coloration.
QUICK FACTS
HABITAT: The purple gallinule lives in freshwater marshes with aquatic vegetation like lily pads and pickerelweed.
DIET: The purple gallinule eats a wide variety of foods including frogs, grasshoppers, dragonflies, spiders and water plants. Foraging & Feeding: Purple Gallinule: Diet consists of invertebrates, frogs, aquatic vegetation, seeds, and berries; forages while walking along the shoreline, wading, and swimming.
BREEDING AND NESTING: Purple Gallinule: Five to ten pink or buff eggs marked with brown are laid in a nest made of dead stems and leaves, and built low above the water among dense rushes. Incubation ranges from 22 to 25 days. The nest is usually placed on a floating tussock, in a clump of sawgrass, or in a thicket.
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