THE OTTER SIDE - Rail/Crane/Coot/etc. Images

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Whooping Crane
[Grus americana]

[Length 52 in. Wingspan 87 in.]

This adult Whooping Crane feeding a young bird was photographed from the Skimmer Whooping Crane tour boat, Aransas NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=600mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 3, 2006)

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American Flamingo
[Phoenicopterus ruber]

[Length 46 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This Greater Flamingo was photographed at Skimmer Whooping Crane tour boat, Aransas NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 3, 2006)

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American Flamingo
[Phoenicopterus ruber]

[Length 46 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This Greater Flamingo was photographed at Skimmer Whooping Crane tour boat, Aransas NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 3, 2006)

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Purple Gallinule
[Porphyrio martinica]

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Purple Gallinule was photographed along the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, Florida. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1991)

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Purple Gallinule
[Porphyrio martinica]

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Purple Gallinule was photographed at Along Shoveler Pond Loop Road, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 15, 2005)

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Purple Gallinule
[Porphyrio martinica]

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Purple Gallinule
[Porphyrio martinica]

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Purple Gallinule was photographed at Shoveler Pond, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=405mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 29, 2008)

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Purple Gallinule
[Porphyrio martinica]

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Purple Gallinule was photographed near Rosenberg, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2000)

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