This was taken back in a South Carolina swamp. Mating times, and all the associated beauty / chaos is a month or so behind Florida.
This swamp is only 5 hours north and still in a (sub) tropical climate. Even coloring of the same birds can be strikingly different.
What a beautiful bird.
They have all the mating colors starting to show.
He’s sure showing off😊 Very nice!
I love when they strut and dance. With luck I have some photographs of a few displaying at the same time, dancing for the ladies.