Wak-wak - White-breasted Waterhen

White-breasted Waterhen is a common bird in my backyard, but very difficult to have a close-up picture for its very shy and skittish. I got lucky one morning when I saw this bird walked slowly and cautiously from the perimeter fence toward my house about 4 meters from my kitchen.
I rushed for my camera and slowly photographed it through the kitchen glass window. AF didn't work, so all this was by manual focus. The first time that I got a full frame picture of this species.

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) with Coat Button grass flowers ( Tridax procumbens )

It hasn't noticed my presence behind the window, and so happily sang the 'wak-wak-wak' song.

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Bird call by Arnoud B. van den Berg, at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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