Tag Archives: Coots
Look, chickens
Sorry if this strikes you (as it vaguely strikes me) as a case of Look, Kittens! – but it happens that the first sequence of pics from the new camera will star a bunch of Fluffy Gosling Chickies and their … more…
More avian spookiness
Whoa. I’m standing there in my customary nicotine spot by the canal, watching the geese, the coots, the ripples on the water, and looking out for fish. I’ve seen the same young pike in the canal three or four times … more…
Coots, nesting, anticipating a new camera
A few catch ups: the coots are nesting now. I’d been off work for four days before yesterday (long birthday weekend, thank you for asking) and when I took my first nicotine break of the morning, there she was, esconced, … more…
Don’t mess with coots. They’ll kick your ass.
There are coots on the canal. My knowledge of birds is rather patchy, but the one thing I had managed to absorb about coots, along with how to recognize them, is that they are quarrelsome little fuckers. Well, this afternoon … more…