Purple Gallinule: Calla de Gambia, Golfito, Costa Rica — The fields along Calla de Gambia were really wet…just sort of being an actual marsh…and attracted many “wetland” species…including this pair of Purple Gallinules raising a brood of chicks. The chicks were well out of the nest, following mom around, but she was spending most of her time feeding them, or fending them off as they begged for food. They were hard to see in the tall grasses of the wet pasture. Sony Rx10iv at 595mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 250 @ f4 @ 1/500th.