Purple Gallinule / Mississippi Kites

The Purple Gallinule with its kaleidoscope of colors is certainly an interesting sight to see in our Louisiana marshes.

Robby Bacon informed me he had a Mississippi Kite roosting in his yard a while back. I was over there in a flash. Sure enough a couple of Mississippi Kites were sitting in trees in his yard. They were cooperative to a degree but if you got too close they would fly to another tree nearby.

Another Mississippi Kite perched in a tree with the sun setting.

Thanks Robby! :)