Adapted to its environment

Amazing adaptions that nature has created. This is a Yellow-breasted Crake, a tiny (sparrow sized) bird of the wetlands in Costa Rica. It is a very secretive bird, darting in and out of the vegetation. Hard to see, let alone photograph. Look at the foot compared to the head and neck of this bird. It uses those huge feet to walk on the top of lily pads and floating vegetation. This was shot at the Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve and Marsh in far northern Costa Rica. I held the camera out side of the boat suspended just above the water to shoot under the vegetation; I would not have been able to get the shot if I was shooting down at the bird.