Florida Top Ten Photos: #2

One of the birds I really hoped to see in Florida was this rainbow colored Purple Gallinule. It had been more than 10 years since I had seen one, and it is such an intriguing combination of colors, rivaled only perhaps in the US by the Painted Bunting, which is a bit more gaudy.
Florida didn't let me down, as we saw at least 6 different birds, including four individuals on the Anhinga Trail at ridiculously close distances. I was surprised to see several birds climb into low trees to nab buds off the trees. One look at their long toes tells you they're not exactly made to climb, but still it managed to get up in the tree and hold on: