American Coot

I looked up this duck to get its name, American Coot. There are a lot of coot varieties. If I'm wrong about the duck's name, please let me know. This shot was taken at Green Lake last week. Thanks for stopping by.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely capture

[Diana]

Fabulous shot and wondergul detsils. It sure is a Coot, a bit different from ours though.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I don't know if I've ever seen one of those before. He is cute and you captured him wonderfully.

[Kerri Michaels]

great close uo fav

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely capture of the little coot !

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot, great detail!

Ian

[Lynda McG]

Great detail

[haskar]

Great focul and colours.

[Joyce Lancaster]

Lovely shot and reflections

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[carol white]

A lovely capture.Fav!!☺️

[KoalaGardens🐨]

that pale beak is surprising on the dark head!

[Santina]

shot and details fabulous and the color of the water is wonderful

[KV]

Lovely reflection... beautiful coot.

[Stephomy]

Looks like a coot to me. I love their goofy looking heads. I really need to go to Greenlake soon. You have such great duck shot from there.

[Islandgirl]

What a neat looking duck............a new one for me!

[Lin]

Wonderful capture - he's awesome.

[John]

Very distinctive looking. I can see why they call it Green Lake.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The green water just makes him stand out all the more- stunning colors! fav

[Milanie]

I've only seen them from a distance - they disappear faster than the herons do when I show up. You got such a nice shot here.

[Granagringa]

such wonderful detail in the feathers...beautiful tones

[Denise Wood]

Can i just say that a coot is not a duck! They are a totally different species but found in all the same places as ducks. We have heaps here in my area of Australia and they look the same as yours :)

[gloria jones]

@gilbertwood Interesting...Do you know what species they are?

[Denise Wood]

Coots belong to the genus Fulica and are in the Rallidae (commonly known as Rails) family. Yours is Fulica americana and ours (the Eurasian coot) are Fulica atra. Ducks belong to the Anatidae family which includes swans and geese. Hope this helps clear up the common thought that coots are ducks :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super capture fav!

[gloria jones]

@gilbertwood Thanks for that interesting information.

[tony gig]

BEAUTIFUL...Fav

[CC Folk]

Beautiful shot...fav.