The American Coot
Much smaller than the Mallard
Monday, March 12, 2012
Had to look this one up
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He swims with a bobbing head, dives suddenly for underwater food, very different from the ducks calmly gliding around the pond.
Saw two of these charming little birds yesterday at the Stony Brook Duck Pond after our hike through Avalon Park and Preserve. They looked charcoal black in person but in the pix they came out grey.
Amateur shots of Stony Brook, Long Island, and surrounding communities
2 comments:
interesting find! I dont ever see any different ducks other than the plain ones we usually have.
Although it hangs out with ducks, the Coot is not a Duck but a Rail. It doesn't even have webbed feet. I'd never seen one at this pond before.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Coot/id/ac
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