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Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Photo by auntnance123
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28.4769, -80.7886

Field Notes

Description:

12 inches in length

Habitat:

spotted in retention pond behind a McDonald's restaurant

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Comments (4)
Ashish
As per my consideration (i did not learnt any kind of Biology after school) habitat of Moorhens is sign of good ecological diversity around lakes...!!
auntnance123
Appreciate that, Ashish. And that's a very good description, asergio--an admirable trait (another lesson to be learned from nature)

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