Bushy Park: coots on ice
Wednesday, 14. January 2009, 12:07:37
More from Bushy Park, this time the the coots on the Model Boating Pond, which as you will see was of no use to model boaters that day. In fact pretty much the whole lake was covered in ice, but the coots, with their large feet, didn't seem to troubled
One seemed quite content to just sit on the ice!
But there was some feeding going on
This one obviously hadn't heard the stories about tongues getting stuck to ice!
The bright conditions make photographing an black bird with a white beak a bit tricky, but they help with reflections in the ice
The last photo seem ripe for a caption like "God, what have this humans been throwing on to the ice!"
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cakkleberrylane # 14. January 2009, 14:26
RobinL # 14. January 2009, 17:45
It seems to be a world wide passion for kids to throw junk on an ice covered pond!
Ukwildlife # 14. January 2009, 21:41
RobinL - Im not sure what species you have there. I don't really notice our coots red eye except in photos
Flying Red Fox Blog # 15. January 2009, 04:59
Words # 15. January 2009, 23:30
SittingFox # 17. January 2009, 09:08
Ukwildlife # 18. January 2009, 21:42
Words - Im a bit of a fan. Partly because they're so aggressive with each other, you can always see some action when theres a group on a lake!
Thanks, I like the first one best. I got lucky as the softer winter light helped me when compensating the black bodies and white beak.
adele - cheers