My first visit to the Celery Fields boardwalk in Sarasota was a big success. We saw more than a dozen species of birds, a few turtles, 3 alligators and more. Here is some info on the Purple Gallinule from Wikipedia:
Purple gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to:
Purple swamphen, a group of closely related species of swamphen of the Old World or
American purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus of the New World
I have just seen and taken photos of my first purple swamphen which I will post next week.