Pukeko

Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Native Swamp Hen, if you boil one of these up for a week with an old boot, the boot will be tender enough to eat. I was meant to go to a Cross Country Race today but was called out and ended up missing it. I went down to the wetlands to try out my big lens and was quite happy with my end results. I also shot a Hawk in flight which was beyond the limits of my lens being about a million miles away but happy with the cropped extra.