Two Limpkins is a photograph by Donna Kennedy which was uploaded on September 4th, 2019.
Title
Two Limpkins
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
Photographed in Sun City Center, Florida
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna )
The brown and white limpkin, also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, looks a bit like a giant rail or perhaps a young night-heron. Its long bill is bent and twisted at the tip, an adaptation for removing snails from the shell. Limpkins are tropical wetland birds whose range reaches into Florida. They specialize in eating apple snails, which they hunt both day and night, and they often leave telltale piles of snail shells at the edges of freshwater wetlands where hunting is good. This bird’s haunting cries, heard mostly at night, are otherworldly and unforgettable.
Limpkin had been hunted almost to extinction in Florida by beginning of 20th century; with legal protection, has made a fair comeback. Probably declining in parts of tropical range.
Thank you to the Administrators that Featured this photo in the following Groups:
-Just Perfect
-Wild Birds of the World
-Animal Photographs
-Canon Full Frame Cameras
-The Coastal Areas of the Gulf of Mexico
-USA Photographers ONLY
-Visions of Spring-Glances of Summer
-Birds In Focus
-FAA Portraits-Birds
-Wildlife One A Day
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September 4th, 2019
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Don Columbus
Congratulations Donna, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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