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he/she had a really funny way of swimming. Would stick its neck way out ahead and then swim up to it...

That is a Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus. It is probably a young bird. As an adult it will have a red beak with a yellow tip,

Kennedy

Thank you!! How cool, never seen one before.

Its old common name in US Field Guides was Florida Gallinule...odd choice of names for a bird that can be found almost everywhere in the world except Australia and Antarctica.