The Purple Gallinule is, of course, one of the real “stand out” resident birds of Florida. You can find them along the Gulf Coast and north to Georgia in summer, but Florida is the easiest and most likely place to see them in the US…and Orlando Wetlands Park is the easiest place to see them in Northern Florida. I found three pairs feeding along the short run of Bobcat Lane, on either side of the dyke. There were close birds than this on, but this one had the light…and the light is what Purple Gallinules are all about. Backlighted they can look almost totally black. Only in good light, do you get this amazing pallet of blues and purples and greens…set off by the red eye and beak. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. My birds and wildlife modifications of Program mode. 1/640th @ f4 @ ISO 100. -.3EV. Processed in Polarr.