Baby Coots At Bear River MBR
I’ve known for years how unattractive baby coots are. Yesterday it was reaffirmed. (2 photos)
Tag: fulica americana
American Coots – Still A Family And Still Hanging Out On The Same Old Grebe Nest
Leucistic American Coot – A Potentially Useful Tool For Researchers
A dramatically leucistic American Coot has been resident at a local pond for nearly the entire winter.
Three Common But Under-photographed And Under-loved Bird species
Two Interesting Coots From Yesterday – One Angry, The Other Dramatically Leucistic
An Angry American Coot
American Coots are universally described as quarrelsome and belligerent but this time of year they crank it up a notch. Or two. (three photos)
An Angry Coot Attacking A Terrified One
Bathing American Coot
Photographing bathing birds is always fun but getting quality photos during all the pandemonium isn’t easy, especially when a black bird with a white bill is involved.
Coot Fight – The Brawl Continues And Then Concludes With A Winner
Coot Fight Yesterday Afternoon
One of these combatants could give any human prize fighter a lesson on how to land back-to-back haymakers.
American Coot With Multiple Foot Anomalies
Coots have strange feet anyway so when one or both of them has defects things can get a little weird.
A Speed Skating Coot
The huge, goofy-looking feet of coots aren’t made to run on anything, least of all incredibly slick ice.
American Coot Wing-flapping Series
It may be (only?) a coot but I really like the image quality of this eight photo series taken yesterday afternoon.
Lessons I Learned Photographing Fighting Coots
These photos of brawling coots are among the very first I ever took with my brand new 500mm lens over eleven years ago, on June 18, 2007.
Coot Chase
During a coot chase I can seldom see both birds in my photos. In this series I can. The following five images are presented in the order they were taken with no skips.