{"id":108197,"date":"2022-11-23T04:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108197"},"modified":"2022-11-23T04:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:04:25","slug":"american-coot-and-funky-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/23\/american-coot-and-funky-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"American Coot And Funky Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent about 45 minutes at my local pond yesterday afternoon and one of my favorite images from being there was this American Coot with a funky reflection.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Coot reflection \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in the morning the pond had been almost completely covered by a thin layer of ice. During the day the sun had melted most of the ice and the water was open and calm. When I got to the pond there were only three fishermen there besides myself.<\/p>\n

The ducks and geese moved away from me but the coots barely noticed that I had walked closer to them. Most of the coots were busy feeding on aquatic vegetation. Because the coots were the birds that were closest to me, I focused on them often. I’ll most likely share more images of the coots in the future but for today I only wanted to share this photo.<\/p>\n

The reflection is what catches my eye in this American Coot<\/span><\/a> image. The gentle bow wave in front of the bird elongated the reflection of the coot and the best word I could think of to describe it is funky.<\/p>\n

Even though I was only at the pond for less than an hour it felt wonderful to me to see the birds, blue sky and the Wasatch Mountains to the east. I was craving being outdoors.\u00a0 I needed to soak up some nature and my local pond helps me do that close to home.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my American Coot photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent about 45 minutes at my local pond yesterday afternoon and one of my favorite images from being there was this American Coot with a funky reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,27,709,26],"tags":[4004,4010,970,2772,2773,4620,4121,13474,1984,2504,8018,3996],"class_list":["post-108197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-coots","category-avian","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-coot","tag-autumn","tag-coot","tag-coots","tag-fall","tag-fulica-americana","tag-funky","tag-pond","tag-reflection","tag-urban","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/american-coot-adult-reflection-mia-mcpherson-4464.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-s97","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111089,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/12\/one-tranquil-american-coot\/","url_meta":{"origin":108197,"position":0},"title":"One Tranquil American Coot","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Calm and tranquil, this American Coot photographed 3 days ago stood out from its typically aggressive and territorial behavior during the breeding season.","rel":"","context":"In "American Coots"","block_context":{"text":"American Coots","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/gruiformes\/american-coots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tranquil American Coot on a March morning, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/american-coot-tranquil-pond-mia-mcpherson-5637.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/american-coot-tranquil-pond-mia-mcpherson-5637.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/american-coot-tranquil-pond-mia-mcpherson-5637.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/american-coot-tranquil-pond-mia-mcpherson-5637.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":115372,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/08\/24\/baby-american-coot-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":108197,"position":1},"title":"Baby American Coot Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning, I spent some time taking photos of baby American Coots not far from where I live. 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