John Cantelo
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Numbers of all water birds seemed very low at Laguna de Medina this year - I only managed a few B-n Grebe, R-c Pochard, Pochard, Mallard & Shoveller with only G-c Grebe being present in any numbers - no W-h Duck either . Certainly Coot numbers have crashed I'm told the the Red-knobbed Coots are no longer present. I've been told it's because Carp have colonised the lake (again) & are out competing the birds for weed,
John
John
I don't know if it's an indication of anything other than the conditions on the day I visited Eddy, but when I went to Laguna de Medina on 31st August I thought coots of any type had been removed from the face of the earth. The only birds in any number on the water that day were great crested grebes.
Sometimes you go there and it's hard to see the water for coots and I've seen the red-knobbed ones there when numbers have been both high and low. There was a family party of them the day I took this photo in 2010.
I don't know where the coots get to when they aren't there.
Congratulations on your bird..