#coot

[ilikeloons]

Double posting today - bc this cracked me uppppp. This was taken at 600mm but you can totally see me goblin squatting and my fiance supervising in the coot's eyes.

[mushbeast]

day four, the ʻalae keʻokeʻo (hawaiian coot)

[digitalisdog]

A series of more realistic birds. These are birds I spotted throughout 2024 which I'm working through!

[kristo-flowers]

Coots in the snow. Bourgoyen, Ghent, Belgium

[makovietz]

Coot and Chestnuts

[herpsandbirds]

Common or Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, found across much of Eurasia, northern Africa, and Oceania, Australia and New Zealand

The remarkable feet of coots are fissipalmate (lobed/partially webbed), which help them swim and walk across soft mud (without sinking).

Coots are not ducks, but are more closely related to rails and gallinules/swamphens (and more distantly, cranes).

photograph by Pat L. on flickr

[longingforrotkehlchen]

A coot doing something – the cue for a coot doing nothing.

Blässhuhn (coot) am Pfaffensee, Stuttgart-West.

[birdwarde]

have you gotten your fat plush bird buttons yet????

well GET EM!!!!!