{"id":17240,"date":"2014-12-01T17:27:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T00:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=17240"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:46:26","slug":"one-serious-looking-coot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/12\/01\/one-serious-looking-coot\/","title":{"rendered":"One Serious Looking Coot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OneOne serious looking Coot – Nikon D200, tripod mounted, f9, 1\/320, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328 mm, natural light
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Yes, I am being slightly anthropomorphic but this is one serious looking Coot. It was really looking for underwater vegetation to eat on a very cold, icy December 1st in 2009. There wasn’t much open water on the pond where I photographed this coot, most of it was covered in ice. It is not<\/em> that cold today. Not even close.<\/p>\n

This is one of the rare days that I actually used my tripod mainly because you can’t drive close to the pond but also because there was snow on the ground and I didn’t want to take a tumble with my gear in hand.<\/p>\n

There is just something I enjoy about American Coots on icy blue water.<\/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":"

Yes, I am being slightly anthropomorphic but this is one serious looking Coot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[137,27,709,522,26],"tags":[4004,4010,2773,4121,1984],"class_list":["post-17240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-coots","category-avian","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-salt-lake-valley","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-coot","tag-coots","tag-fulica-americana","tag-pond"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t