Nokikanan balettiaskeleita – Ballet steps of the Coot


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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
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Nokikana – Coot


#nokikana #coot #fulicaatra #sothöna
#birds #linnut #bird #lintu #wildbirds #nuts_about_birds #birdlife #birdlifesuomi #suomen_linnut #suomenlinnut #lintukuvaus #birdphotography #bird_brilliance #birdlove #birdphotographyworld #luonto #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nuts_about_wildlife #wildlife_photography #nuts_about_nature #WildlifePhotography #luontokuva #luontokuvat #luontokuvaus #suomenluonnonvalokuvaajat #naturephotography #finnishnature #wildlifefinland

Ensimmäinen ihana ja suloinen nokikana on saapunut järven avantoon! :-) – The first lovely and sweet coot has arrived on the lake! :-)
Lintu käyskenteli muiden lintujen lähettyvillä ja näytti etsivän omaa lajiaan, mutta muita ei vielä näkynyt. Annas olla, kun saapuvat, siitä se uusi möykkä alkaa ja muiden lintujen nujakat tuntuvat lähinnä kepeältä kiusoittelulta...
(03/2026)

The bird was swimming around the other birds and seemed to be looking for its own species, but there were no others in sight yet. Let it be, when they arrive, that's where the noisy fights start and the disputes of the other birds feel like light teasing...

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

Today’s weekend waterbirds are #geese, though there are a couple of ducks in the photo too so you don’t get withdrawal symptoms. None of the geese are ducks, and one of them isn’t a greylag - can you spot it? Please tell me your anser.
Oh, and please ignore the coot.

#GreylagGoose #AnserAnser #PinkFootedGoose #AnserBrachyrhynchus #Goose #NotADuck #Coot #FulicaAtra #CuteCoot #Duck #DuckOfTheDay #Mallard #AnasPlatyrhynchos #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UrbanBirding #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #Birds

#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.

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