Pukeko
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Acrylic on board / A band of pukeko peering out from the long grass. These birds have beautiful plumage and bright red legs…also a comical nature.
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The Pukeko, or New Zealand Swamp Hen is a member of the rail family, and is similar to other species found all over the world. It is one of the few New Zealand native birds to have flourished since the arrival of man, and can be found in almost any grassland area, especially in swampy locations. Groups will often be seen foraging for food in road-side areas. I have come to the conclusion that Pukeko are suicidal. I so often see them on the side of the road, dithering, darting backwards and forwards, looking for an opportunity to cross, only to come back later to see them squashed on the road. They seem to have no road sense at all. /
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To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Acceptance in National North Shore Salon of Photography, 2007 Pukeko striding through the lake late afternoon at Ngamanu Bird Sanctuary, Kapiti Coast.
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New Zealand ‘swamp hen’
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New Zealand swamphen (pukeko) with outstretched wing
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Camera: Canon PowerShot S5IS. / Photo taken while wandering through Auckland Botanic Garden (hand held)
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