"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
Friday, March 19, 2010
Amaurornis phoenicurus: White-breasted Waterhen
To round out the week of birds of Thailand, here's a white-breasted waterhen. A member of the rail family, it lives primarily in lowland marshes. They are resident birds, but are known to move into areas to form new colonies.
Doodled from a photo on Wikimedia Commons.