#Coot

Nature with SteveNatureWithSteve
2025-05-24

A Eurasian (Fulica atra), on the point of diving under water to find some juicy pondweed to eat. Or kissing their own reflection. One of those two. I'll let you decide. 😉

Photographed earlier this year at Brandon Marsh in Warwickshire.

A Coot on the surface of a lake, photographed in the process of diving underwater. The front of the body is raised up out of water (at the other end, the tail is submerged), and the short neck is curved so that the head is pointed down. The tip of the bird's beak is just touching the surface of the water, where it meets its reflection. That beak, which is fairly short, is white in colour, with a small white 'shield' extending from the base of the upper part, onto the bird's forehead. The eye is red, with a black pupil, and the head and neck are black. The rest of the body is grey. There are water droplets falling from the briefly-exposed belly, and there are more water droplets from the small splash caused by the back end of the bird being thrust under water.
2025-05-07

I haven't been giving coots nuts and seeds this year and it shows :blobcat_not_like_this:

#bird #birb #coot #meerkoet #birdwatching #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon

2025-05-02

At the Fen Hide there’s a Coot family in and out of the water. The parents are busy looking after 8 chicks!

Here’s a picture of 7 of them.

#Birding #Wildlife #Nature #UK #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife #RSPB #Strumpshaw #Darktable #BirdsOfMastodon #Coot

A photograph of a group of 7 Coot chicks on the water with green plants on the surface.
2025-04-28

Glitzerralle im Perlenschauer.

#Blässhuhn #coot #Vogel #birds #waterdrops

Ein Blässhuhn wäscht sich, indem es Wassertropfen aufspritzt. Im Vordergrund unscharfe Schilfhalme.
Børge Klit Johansenbklitj@pixelfed.social
2025-04-25
Kamblishøne - Fulica cristata - Red-knobbed Coot
#fugle #fuglekigger #birding #birdingpics #fuglefoto #herlevfotoklub #kamblishøne #fulica_cristata #red-knobbed_coot #coot
2025-04-24

Ein #Blässhuhn holt was Schönes fürs Heim vom Tümpelbaumarkt.

#coot #Vogel #bird #spring #nature #wildlife

Ein Blässhuhn schleppt einen langen Zweig durchs Wasser zum halbfertigen Nest.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-04-22

How coot!
I had never seen little before (is that what they're called?)
Slowly going through last weekend's photos and trying to filter out the best ones, these from my last short walk in the park.
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A parent Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) and 2 cooties (google says that's what they are called) swimming in a pond, the parent is fishing up plants and small bugs that it feeds to its babies.A family of coots, 2 parents and 6 cooties.Parent coot about to dive while the young ones pay close attention.
2025-04-19
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🐦 Quiz: What animal do these feet belong to? 🇩🇪
The animal was walking so close to me that I was able to get this detailed shot. I didn't use a crope.

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🐦 Quiz: zu welchem Tier gehören diese Füße? 🇩🇪
Das Tier ist so nah an mir vorbei gelaufen, sodass ich diesen Detail-Shot machen konnte. Ich habe keinen Crope benutzt.

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Cam: #sonya7cii
Objektiv: #sigma150600 bei 566 mm

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f/6.3
1/800 s
ISO 1.600

#naturfotografie #nature #natur #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #vogel #vogelfotografie #blässhuhn #coot #fulicaatra #bird #birdphotography #wellfotos #sonyalpha #Sigma #germany
2025-04-11
Their black feathers make them look plain from a distance, but up close you see their weird blue feet, bright green legs, and tiny red eyes. With the bright white beak, it's quite the look.

#coot #birds
2025-04-09

I love how the pigeons are just watching the coots’ frolics in the lake

#birds #birdphotography #pigeons #coots #coot #pigeon

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