Male Snail Kite & Purple Gallinule

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Met Mark &amp; Ron out at Lake Kissimmee to search for Snail Kites Sunday...and we found one!</p>
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<p>What an awesome Raptor to get close to. Mark was able to pull his Bass boat with in 50 or 60 feet of the bird. I have a lot to learn shooting pic's handheld with a big lens on a boat (sometime rocking). Fun time and will be back!!! What a nice dark Gray the Male is, wish we could have spotted a female as well.</p>
<p>To bad for the busy background but he wouldn't move.</p>
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<p>Purple Gallinule right in front of the boat...doesn't get much closer than this.</p>
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