Coot Cuddle
The coot population has exploded in the past few weeks. The one or small handful of year-round residents is hosting
Read moreThe coot population has exploded in the past few weeks. The one or small handful of year-round residents is hosting
Read moreLast year, there were times when American Coots held big family reunions numbering many dozens. Then their ranks thinned and
Read moreIt was 10:30 in the morning already, and plenty of people were up and in the park, so you’d think
Read moreCoots, Mallards, and a few Scaup all share the North Basin cove amicably. There is some aggressive pecking among the
Read moreThe Coot convention of a week ago snowballed into a Coot mega-flock larger than any I’ve seen them achieve. There
Read moreThe resident year-round population of four or five American Coots exploded this week as more than two dozen migrants flew
Read moreI’ve been searching for Burrowing Owls in their usual haunts almost daily — sometimes twice daily — since the beginning
Read moreThe Coots that stay here year round — and this year that’s been only three or four, as far as
Read moreThis pair of American Coots look to be year-round residents of the park. At low tide on this day, they
Read moreSo many birds go north in the summer that the waters of the North Basin east of the park sometimes
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