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Cute Coots
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Posted By: daacon, 05-19-2013, 07:33 AM

First decent shots of the coots this year.

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05-19-2013, 07:42 AM   #2
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Lovely! The light looks incredible!
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You call them Coots? Looks like what I would call a Bufflehead...

This is a Coot...


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Lovely! The light looks incredible!
Thanks Tess very early morning the magic light .........

QuoteOriginally posted by boriscleto Quote
You call them Coots? Looks like what I would call a Bufflehead...
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Yep .........a misclassification on my part - It's not the first time and it certainly won't be the last

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Coot chicks. One of the ugliest critters you'll ever see.








The first time I saw one I thought "What sort of poor, diseased creature is that!?!?"
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Great shots with awesome lighting Dave.--charliezap
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Great images, but I don't really think cute and coots belong in the same sentence.

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Great shots Dave, love the reflection and light there.
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Captivating shots... but I'm still debating whether its better to be a " Crazy coot" or "Crazy as a loon." As slowpez would say, they may be ugly, but their mother loves them."
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Very coot. I like the first one especially. The monotones of aqua is particularly appealing. Nice composition on that.
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Nice reflections on both shots too Dave. The light is really lovely. Good job.
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I really like the color on these Dave - nice job, buddy.

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Great shots with awesome lighting Dave.--charliezap
Thanks Charlie the morning light has been great lately.

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Great images, but I don't really think cute and coots belong in the same sentence.
haha point taken

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Great shots Dave, love the reflection and light there.
Thanks Bob always appreciate your comments.

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Captivating shots... but I'm still debating whether its better to be a " Crazy coot" or "Crazy as a loon." As slowpez would say, they may be ugly, but their mother loves them."
Thanks Norm why limit yourself do both

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Very coot. I like the first one especially. The monotones of aqua is particularly appealing. Nice composition on that.
Appreciate you stopping by Mr_Canuck and commenting ...

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Nice reflections on both shots too Dave. The light is really lovely. Good job.
Thanks Susan as mentioned had a couple days in a row of great light.

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I really like the color on these Dave - nice job, buddy.
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Thanks Jer always appreciate you stopping by to comment.
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QuoteOriginally posted by gifthorse Quote
Coot chicks. One of the ugliest critters you'll ever see.


That's where the expression 'as bald as a coot' comes from.
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