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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Coot, Age Unknown

 Coot, swimming, yesterday morning.

You can see the coot's chicken foot in the first photo.

These animals have the most interesting, talkative calls:  sound querulous.

2 comments:

  1. For what it's worth, this is the first time I've seen the word "querulous" in a blog.

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  2. K, the chicken feet I saw, the sounds I heard, but it only now dawns on me that I didn't even attempt to confirm that this is really called "coot"; someone told me the name, I believed it and spread the story.

    It may even be true.

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