Karl and Kathleen Nichter Photography



This blog began in 2009, about a year after we started our photography business. People attending our photo exhibits, or our hikes and workshops, asked for details on where we traveled for photography. As naturalists we usually kept a field journal, so we used that as a basis for Field Notes.
In Summer, 2014 we took a break from the blog because our business, and lives were changing. In January 2015 the blog restarted with an expanded theme. It now contains photography, notes, and articles from all of our travels and all of our photography, not just nature themed. The posts prior to 2014 have been archived.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Naturalist Notes: Common Gallinule used to be Moorhen

Common Gallinules - Mother and five babies

In a nearby pond, two juveniles hunting, one followed the other for quite some time
Bird names change, more frequently than those of us who bird prefer. A year or so ago, a bird often seen in our casual birding and project birding changed from a Common Moorhen to Common Gallinule. I still often call "Moorhen", and then correct myself. Locally this year the Common Gallinule appears to be doing quite well. We've seen a lot of them, including babies and juveniles.


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