Check out my lovely long toes and legs
I can walk across floating vegetation
But I can also fly for a really long way.
(As described in the lined article, Purple Gallinules will travel as far as they need to to get food.)
Thanks to today's special guest photographer, David Simpson.
Location: Torry Island Belle Glade, FL
Sources: http://allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Gallinule/overview
Photo © 2026 David Simpson and text © 2026 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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