coots

Hi 👋 I am incorporating birdwatching into my daily walks so as to add some distraction to the many steps i am taking, I am very lucky to have a variety of places to walk locally, Hills, Canalside and even a natural marsh, so i see lots of variety. I have two queries if anyone has any ideas why...

A comical sight as they crossed a path between 2 lakes

They just seemed to balance there....All of them ...like a scene from Swan Lake

Told you I had a better one of the coot chicks. In spite of the stick in the front. In spite of the yucky-looking water and consequent doubts about what exactly she's feeding them. Those eager chick faces make the pic. ;)

There was also a raft of Coots on that lake, a bit distant and under a shady area unfortunately.

A few battling Coots, captured in mid fight as opposed to mid flight:)

Sat fun - Coot Olympic Trials - Look at the evil look on the bird at the back. Lol.

Today's theme is distance and disappointment. Yes, I like to take a birding break on Vest-Amager any time I have a layover between flights through Copenhagen, but it's also frustrating. I don't digiscope. I don't even own a scope. The ponds along the shore where there are masses of birds are...

Taken in the local park the other day hope you all have a great time over this holiday season many thanks for the comments you have all given over the last and for the super friendship you have shown to me and my family so a big thank you to you all

Coots - I bit the bullet today and went to the Somerset Levels even though it's a mile from the C/P to the hide and I didn't know how I would get on carrying all my gear. OK I guess. It was coots day when I got there. This is a small sample, as small as my lens would go @ 300mm. There were...

well what can i say they do enjoy a barny or seem too and have seen these guys take on quite a few birds including the buzzard with no fear just straight in they go.this image i think you can just make out blood on the coot on the right so just shows they mean business.

Saturday fun - Get off my land !

Again pretty distant and a big crop, but it's not often I see so many Coots together. Although Kinnordy and Lintrathen are only a few miles apart, Lintrathen is rather deeper (well usually LOL) and, being a reservoir, doesn't have the bog bean islands and surrounding markshes. Also it is used...

my pond today.new coots,three herons here today with a young one and some young moorhen.good day here for me.