American Coot

Sharing Algae

January 31, 2019January 28, 2019 Mosey2014 Fulica americana, Mareca americana

Algae doesn’t have a lot of friends in the world, but Wigeons and Coots at the park consider it a

* American Coot Birds Not BUOW

A Coot Speaks

January 24, 2019January 22, 2019 Mosey2014 Fulica americana

People all the time call Coots ducks. This American Coot is tired of it and wants to set the record

* American Coot Birds

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 Crow 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 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, 2018February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

<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, 2018January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Fulica americana

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, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Fulica americana

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, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 2 Comments Fulica americana, Mareca americana

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, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea herodias, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Haematopus bachmani, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Tringa semipalmata, Zonotrichia leucophrys

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

* American Coot American Crow Birds Fish Fishers Pelagic Cormorant People Western Gull

Birds, Fish, and Planes

October 29, 2017February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Corvus brachyrhynchos, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

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

← Previous

Translate »