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Don't really know what this guy was doing, but he seemed friendly enough 🩶
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#Bird #Birdwatching #Nature #Naturephotography #Wildlife #Walk #Hike #Avian #Photo #Photography #Countryside #Country #Birdsofpixelfed #Featheredfriends #BirdsofMastodon #Naturelover  #PixelFed  #WildlifePhotography #MastodonArt
#Photooftheday #Vogel #Mastodon #EurasianCoot

- 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬 en celo (𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎). Observatorio de aves de las Lagunas del Raso de Portillo (La Pedraja de Portillo, Valladolid).

- 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 (𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎) in breeding season. Shot taken from public bird hide of the wetland Lagunas del Raso de Portillo (Valladolid, Spain).

Cámara Panasonic Lumix G9M2
Objetivo Panasonic Leica DG 100‑400mm ƒ4.0‑6.3 II
Datos Exif: ƒ6.3, 1/1000s, ISO 800, 400mm

Científico: Fulica atra
Castellano: Focha
Català: Fotja o Folliga
Euskera: Kopetazuri Arrunta
Galego: Galo de Auga, Galiñola Negra, etc.
Português: Galeirão-Comum
Italiano: Folaga Comune
English: Eurasian Coot
Français: Foulque Macroule
Deutsch: Blässhuhn

#FulicaAtra
#Focha
#Fotja
#Kopetazuri
#GaloDeAuga
#Galeirão
#Folaga
#EurasianCoot
#FoulqueMacroule
#Blässhuhn
#LagunasDelRasoDePortillo
#AvesDeValladolid
#Naturephotography
#Wildlifephotography
#Birding
#Pajareo
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography

Schwarzer Kugelvogel????
Ein Blässhuhn - das verraten die Füße!
März 2026, Bärensee bei Stuttgart.

Black ball- or bowl-bird???
A coot - these feet are unique! March 2026, Bärensee near Stuttgart.

🔬: Fulica atra
🇬🇧: Eurasian Coot

#natur #vogel #vögel #voegel #birds #blässhuhn #blaesshuhn #blesshuhn
#eurasiancoot #coot #fulicaatra #vogelphotographie #vogelfotografie #vogelfotografie_deutschland #birdphotography #naturphotographie #naturfotografie #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #canonphotography #vogelbeobachtung #birdwatch #birdwatching #birdstagram #dailybirdpix #raw_birds

🇳🇱 Goedenacht, slaap zacht. #Meerkoet #InHetPark
🇩🇪 Gute Nacht und schöne Träume. #Bläshuhn
🇬🇧 Good night, sleep tight. #EurasianCoot
🇨🇿 Dobrou noc a hezké sny. #LyskaČerná
#FulicaAtra

A #EurasianCoot comes straight at the lens, eyes locked, beak centered, no drama needed.
#Amsterdam canals are full of tiny standoffs like this, one bird, one moment, all focus. 👀
https://www.amir2000.nl/blog/eurasian-coots-amsterdam-canals-soft-light-2025 "Coots on calm water in Amsterdam"
Do you read this look as curious or as warning?
#Coots #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #CanalLife #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography

WENN DU LANGE IN EINEN ABGRUND BLICKST, BLICKT DER ABGRUND AUCH IN DICH HINEIN
#Amsterdam #SilentSunday #meerkoet #EurasianCoot

#BirdOfTheDay : les foulques et/ou les poules d'eau #CootsAndMoorhens - Un parent foulque macroule et son petit en train de faire une pause dans une forêt de nénuphars, pour un moment mignon.
#Photography #Nature #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #Birding #FulicaAtra #EurasianCoot #UnJourUnePhoto

#BirdOfTheDay : les foulques et/ou les poules d'eau #CootsAndMoorhens - Un parent foulque macroule et son petit en train de faire une pause dans une forêt de nénuphars, pour un moment mignon.
#Photography #Nature #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #Birding #FulicaAtra #EurasianCoot #UnJourUnePhoto

Dark waters, white beak, red eye.

At Park Sonsbeek in Arnhem, I spotted something white moving on the dark pond surface. For a second I thought, “what is that?” — and then it hit me. A coot! An Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra, Dutch: Meerkoet). These little water birds always look like they’re in formal wear — black suit, white tie, red eyes, and serious attitude.

The water here was unusually dark, absorbing almost all light. My camera’s metering system had no idea what to do with it and kept pushing the ISO sky-high. So I switched to full manual mode: shutter at 1/250s, aperture f/7.1, ISO locked at 2500. The Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400mm lens handled it beautifully. No flashy post-processing here — just careful exposure control and a bit of patience.

I love how the black feathers blend nearly invisibly into the dark water, leaving only that bright beak and red eye cutting through the scene. It’s one of those moments where light, contrast, and instinct all meet. What a hoot… or should I say, what a coot!

Photography, after all, is just another way of studying light and life.

#EurasianCoot #FulicaAtra #Meerkoet #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #BirdsOfEurope #DutchNature #LowLightPhotography #ManualMode #ExposureControl #NaturalLight #WildlifeObservation #UrbanWildlife #DarkWater #PhotographyAndScience #LightAndLife #FieldPhotography #OpticsAndArt #PhotographyEducation #NatureDetails #ParkSonsbeek #ArnhemPhotography #BirdLovers #PhotographersLife #WildBirds #ScientificPhotography #NatureStudy #CanonPhotography #SigmaArtLens #WildlifeArt #LearningByObserving #AvianBeauty #ContrastAndLight #PhotographyJourney #NatureThroughTheLens #StoryThroughLight #ByMaikeldeBakker