The natal plumage of the young Gallinules still showed their red heads and wings. I found this video that shows both, but it's not very clear. If anyone has some photos of them at this stage, I'd love to see them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaU-zGnr4KU Sue -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" On Fri, July 18, 2014 19:58, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: > Wonderful visit to the main refuge this afternoon where it was children's > day! On > the drive we listened to American Bittern from the shorebird wetland as we > watched > two Least Bittern criss cross the drive to fetch and return food for their > young > which were on the east side. Around that same area a we just missed good > looks at a > Virginia Rail and young but did see several Black Tern, Caspian Tern Green > Heron and > some real young on the main pool side. Here in the canal we found one group > of three > adult Gallinule and 7 chicks still in the black natal down. A bit further > north, > just beyond the red flag, we spotted many more gallinule chicks that were > quite a > bit older. That continued all the way to LaRue's as we saw many more. > > We also had many young coot and while watching the antics of those families, > up > popped two Pied-billed Grebe youngsters and their parent. That area produced > many > more coot young as we creeped along. Of course, we don't have a decent > telephoto > lens so our pix are identifiable but fuzzy -much like those very young > Gallinules! > > Tsache tower produced a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, one eagle and at least 13 > Great Egret > among the other species present. Before heading back we walked the towpath > with not > much to report other than butterflies and katydids and Sandhill cranes. > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
