American Coot

Diet for a Coot

August 18, 2018August 14, 2018 Mosey2014 Fulica americana

These American Coots live in the rocks around the Open Circle viewpoint. The two in this video are part of

* American Coot Birds Black Turnstone Bufflehead Horned Grebe Willet

Siesta Time in Birdland

July 26, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Arenaria melanocephala, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Podiceps auritus, Tringa semipalmata

The rocks and waters below the Open Circle viewpoint harbored a diverse feathered fellowship this afternoon. I was surprised and

* American Avocet American Coot American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Cormorant Crow Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018April 1, 2018 Mosey2014 1 Comment

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The North Basin is the body of water between

* American Coot Birds

Coots Escape to Shore

January 19, 2018 Mosey2014 0 Comments

This morning following a day of rain I saw something I had not seen before: Coots on land, eating the

* American Coot Birds

A Coot’s Clever Foot

December 31, 2017 Mosey2014 0 Comments

Like Victorian ladies, the American Coots around Cesar Chavez Park never show their legs. Or almost never. This morning, with

* American Coot American Wigeon Birds

The Wigeons Are Back

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Mosey2014 0 Comments

Mixed in with a raft of Coots near the south edge of the North Basin this morning, dozens of American

* American Coot Black Oystercatcher Brown Pelican Bufflehead Great Blue Heron Mallard Western Gull White-Crowned Sparrow Willet

The Usual Feathered Suspects

November 12, 2017 Mosey2014 0 Comments

The big news in the park this past week was the rain. Soon those brown hills will be green. In

* American Coot Birds Cormorant Crow People Western Gull

Birds, Fish, and Planes

October 29, 2017October 30, 2017 Mosey2014 0 Comments

This Western Gull caught or stole a flat little fish, but had a problem getting it into its gullet. As

* American Coot Birds Mallard

Coot Count Takes Off

October 9, 2017 Mosey2014 1 Comment

American Coots — the plump black duck-like birds with bright white beaks — have been arriving in the North Basin

* American Coot Birds Brown Pelican Burrowing Owl Cormorant Greater Scaup Maintenance Tides Western Gull Willet

Consolation for No Owls

October 2, 2017December 4, 2017 Mosey2014 0 Comments

As a new graduate of the Burrowing Owl Docent Training Program, I knew that these unique birds are crepuscular (most

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