1805_0008 Coots Get No Love - a photo on Flickriver

1805_0008 Coots Get No Love

            I'm as guilty as anyone. Ever since the day in the 1980s when, walking with Pam in Stanley Park, we saw an American Coot eating some Canada Goose poop, my opinion of them has relegated them to the echelons of "least desirable" birds to photograph. 

It isn't quite fair. These plump, black "mud hens" with crazy red eyes and enormous green feet, related to the rails but much bolder, are comical if not quite attractive. And they're prolific! Drive through the prairie pothole regions of Saskatchewan in summer and you will see thousands of them in the ponds and marshes. As a prey species, they provide food for hawks, owls, and even occasionally a lucky coyote. They breed prolifically. The wetlands would not the the same without them.

Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Saskatchewan / Val Marie (show map)

Taken on: May 2, 2018

Tags:

American Coot

Fulica americana

bird

Rallidae

water

blue

wetland

pond

wild

prairie

Val Marie

Saskatchewan

Canada

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Sets appears in: • Best 2018 • Coots and Rails

Camera: Nikon D810, f/8.0, 1/3200 sec, 850mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	500.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	850mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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