Wetlands Bird by maggiemae

Wetlands Bird

In a bird park in Valencia, all the birds were in a huge hemisphere and had plenty of space. This was a moorhen, similar to ours in NZ but brighter.

Three good things:
1 Managed to make it back to the hotel but exhausted after 6 hours of walking in 30deg C temps.
2. Vending machines - gave us food even if they ate several extra euros doing it!
3. Down to the pool in the hotel lift trying not to be noticed and the lift stopped 4 times without permission and opened the doors to let my poor swim clad body be seen!
very bright
September 1st, 2014  
Stunner!
September 1st, 2014  
Much prettier than the ones that I see.
September 1st, 2014  
Beautiful Bird...Fav
September 1st, 2014  
A brightly coloured bird -- love the matching beak and legs -- and what big feet !
so you had a busy day and a well earned swim I hope --although getting there was not as discreet as you had hoped !! ha ha
September 1st, 2014  
Wow, he is a beauty
September 1st, 2014  
gorgeous bird! #3 had me laughing out loud!
September 1st, 2014  
Wow beautiful colour!
September 1st, 2014  
Wow! Don't think I've ever seen one with such colour! Amazing. Glad you made it to the pool. :)
September 1st, 2014  
Awesome shot
September 1st, 2014  
So colourful. Pretty!
September 1st, 2014  
That is such a brilliant blue. Beautiful bird!
September 1st, 2014  
Such a beautiful bird
September 1st, 2014  
Wonderful bird, I've never seen one before, so beautiful
September 1st, 2014  
What an brilliantly coloured blue - fantastic capture. Bet the swim was wonderful though
September 1st, 2014  
Very bright!
September 1st, 2014  
Beautiful bird.
September 1st, 2014  
Beautiful looking bird
September 1st, 2014  
A beautiful bird - sounds like you're having quite a trip. We visited Valencia in passing last year. We thought the station was rather impressive.
September 1st, 2014  
Your #3 good thing made me laugh out loud.......so funny but I know what you mean! Everyone is so sleek & glamorous in some of these hotels...enough to give you an inferiority complex......young too which is worse! LOL.
A very bright sleek groomed bird....pretty much the same as these glamorous young ones I have just been talking about...you can't get away from them anywhere!
September 1st, 2014  
@happypat This bird was continually grooming! Mind you, it doesn't have the waistline that I have nowadays!
September 1st, 2014  
Such a deep color
September 1st, 2014  
Great shot and comments
September 1st, 2014  
Our pukekos would be extremely jealous if they knew about their cousin's finery. Lovely and interesting capture.
September 1st, 2014  
A sleek and elegant bird who appears to be looking down his nose (or beak?) at everything. You need a glamorous robe to wear over your swimsuit, to be doffed only at the last moment before you go in.
September 1st, 2014  
What wonderful saturated colours, a very handsome bird.
September 1st, 2014  
@tristansmum I did think of that, Stephanie and brought a wide scarf to do just that! But it didn't cover the dimpled bits!
September 1st, 2014  
Wow, what a beautiful bird and awesome shot by you, Maggiemae. Took my new camera to the park today and definitely have things to learn. You adapted fast to your new camera. FAV
September 2nd, 2014  
Pretty shot. Great colros and details. Your #3 struck me as funny, as that is something that would happen to me.
September 2nd, 2014  
Bev
Great shot, Maggie. What a vibrant looking bird. Fav
September 2nd, 2014  
wow
September 2nd, 2014  
What a spectacular bird - amazing color! Great shot.
September 2nd, 2014  
Spectacular color!
September 2nd, 2014  
Lee
Stands out very strikingly. Make one wonder what nature was thinking of, a blue bird must be easy to spot for any hungry predator.
September 4th, 2014  
@gamelee They were protected here of course, in a bird park as were some very bright carmine coloured birds with a similar problem in the wild!
September 4th, 2014  
What a great looking and coloured bird.
Your Good things no. 3 bought a smile to my face, thank you for that!!
September 6th, 2014  
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