Dag-Rune ZTake me home, muddy road
Don't we all need the weekend off after a week working hard in dirt?
The determination and stern look on this guy is close to how a lot of people feel after a hard week. Or a hard day's night.
The purple swamphen, pukeko in maori, is a colourful abundancy in New Zealand. With some variations, it is found everywhere near water. It is considered a pest by some farmers since it eats any green seedlings, and it soil water throughs for the farm animal.
Sometimes it even eats other birds’ chicks.
It is a social bird, often living in family groups were the eggs of all the females are laid in one nest. The chicks get raised by the group.
It is also a bit noisy, but the sound of it near lodgings somehow become a homey symbol when spending some time in rural New Zealand.
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/pukeko
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Don't we all need the weekend off after a week working hard in dirt?
The determination and stern look on this guy is close to how a lot of people feel after a hard week. Or a hard day's night.
The purple swamphen, pukeko in maori, is a colourful abundancy in New Zealand. With some variations, it is found everywhere near water. It is considered a pest by some farmers since it eats any green seedlings, and it soil water throughs for the farm animal.
Sometimes it even eats other birds’ chicks.
It is a social bird, often living in family groups were the eggs of all the females are laid in one nest. The chicks get raised by the group.
It is also a bit noisy, but the sound of it near lodgings somehow become a homey symbol when spending some time in rural New Zealand.
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/pukeko
#pukeko #purple #swamphen #bird #colors #colours #newzealand #New #Zealand #kiwi #kiwiexperience #birdislands #Southisland #christchurch #canterbury #swamp #beach #hardwork #Nikon #NikonD800 #D800 #Nikkor #300mm #f4 #2012CE #Porphyrio #melanotus #Spencerville #Aotearoa #AotearoaNewZealand
Pūkeko | Pukeko | New Zealand Birds Online
A large relatively compact rail with deep blue-violet head, breast and throat, black back and wings, white under-tail coverts, red eyes and orange legs and feet with long slim toes. The distinctive bright red conical bill is connected to a similarly coloured ‘frontal shield’ ornament covering the forehead.