'Rare visitor': Tropical bird found in Massachusetts woman's yard

Off-course tropical bird found in Mass. after stormy weather

A winter storm that swept through New England last week brought an unusual visitor to Massachusetts, wildlife officials said.The New England Wildlife Center reported it received a call on Friday night from a New Bedford resident who discovered an exhausted purple gallinule in her backyard.

'Rare visitor': Tropical bird found in Massachusetts woman's yard

More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn't one of them.

‘Rare visitor’: Tropical bird found in Massachusetts woman’s yard

More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them.