{"id":61834,"date":"2019-11-30T05:28:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T12:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=61834"},"modified":"2025-02-14T03:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:51:03","slug":"ice-skating-american-coot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/11\/30\/ice-skating-american-coot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Skating American Coot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Coot walking on ice \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 320, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

American Coots are common and abundant in many places in North America and because they are rather plain there are bird photographers that will take a pass on photographing them, I’m not one of those photographers. Not only do I enjoy taking photos of these big-footed members of the rail family I also enjoy watching them because at times their behavior can be outright funny.<\/p>\n

I especially enjoy watching American Coots in winter when they try to use their large greenish feet to walk on ice because that can be rather comical and I love to laugh. As I recall this coot had another coot chasing it across the ice so it was walking on the ice in a hurry and using its wings to try to maintain its balance.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Coot sliding on ice \u2013 Nikon D500, f9, 1\/500, ISO 320, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a few seconds later the coot’s big feet slid out from underneath of it! I missed the shot where the coot’s bottom hit the ice, probably because I was laughing which shook my camera.\u00a0 I’m glad I didn’t pass up the opportunity to take photos of this coot.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

These photos were taken in December of 2016.<\/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 especially enjoy watching American Coots in winter when they try to use their large greenish feet to walk on ice because that can be rather comical and I love to laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[137,27,709,26],"tags":[4010,5944,4980,2772,2773,4121,4064,1984,8092,8093,5498,373],"class_list":["post-61834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-coots","category-avian","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-american-coot","tag-balance","tag-big-feet","tag-coot","tag-coots","tag-fulica-americana","tag-ice","tag-pond","tag-slippery","tag-sloding","tag-wings","tag-winter"],"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