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Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

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29.5988, -94.4273

Field Notes

Description:

A member of the rail family

Habitat:

A marshy area with tall cattails close by.

Notes:

The moorhens were protecting their babies from the alligators floating close by.

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OMG these guys are cute! I saw some (adults) for the first time at Brazos Bend this year. I just made a mission to collect Texas Babes :) Consider joining and adding these little moorhens. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176392

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PublishedSeptember 9, 2011

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