Roys 365 for 2017

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i think these are all visible, i have went back a few pages then back to the last page and see no attachment messages?

going to overhaul my fish tank before i go out and shoot something today.

 

[Marilynne]

i thought so Marilynne, there is always a coot with them? havent saw any moorhens about there, but will look out for them.

Hope you don't mind my posting this here. See how similar they are.

 

[Roy1961]

dont mind at all @Marilynne , i got a few shots of the parents today, now i am not so sure its a coot, both parents have white beaks not red, and thats why i thought they were coots, what you think?

 

[Roy1961]

22nd April 2017

 

[Roy1961]

mama duck had 2 missing from the other night, i saw them with Dad about 1/2 mile away.

 

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this Rat has seen better days.

 

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[wev]

dont mind at all @Marilynne , i got a few shots of the parents today, now i am not so sure its a coot, both parents have white beaks not red, and thats why i thought they were coots, what you think?

They be coots. It is interesting; there are at least 50+ resident at Craig Park lake each year, but I have never seen a single chick there. At little Laguna Lake, with maybe 10 or 15 birds, I see multiple baby groups. The only difference I can see is that Laguna has a good thick reed patch in the lake itself. Craig park only has reeds in the two narrow feeder creeks, where the coots seldom go -- too confined for safety, I suppose.

 

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