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Fulica atra

Photo by Ava T-B
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Field Notes

Notes:

I'm guessing at the species based on where I saw this coot.

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Comments (10)
Ava T-B
Thanks All. Cindy, it wasn't floating so there must have been some structure under it, but I don't know what.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Nice series, Ava! Did she build the nest on a small dirt island or is it floating?
Jeannette
Lovely series, love the colour on #3 :)
LuisStevens
Thank you Ava. I thought the leg was a little chick ha ha
Ava T-B
The third picture is just the mom off the nest. I missed the chance to get a picture of the eggs she was sitting on. On was on a little bridge over a canal and she had made her nest just below the bridge.
LuisStevens
Hi Ava, what is it in the third photo? A chick? How could you get close to the nest?
Maria dB
Lovely series, Ava. I used to watch the coots living in a canal near my home in Amsterdam and always liked them.

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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