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palmtoppitbull.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is an American Coot(Fulica americana) for #CootsandMoorhens! These members of the rail family have an incredible red eye!

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An all black bird with a small, pale bill, and vibrant red eyes swims away from the camera. It is looking over its shoulder at the camera. The water is surrounded by thick reed cover.
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
catsandwordle.bsky.social
Hi Anuradha. Great photo! The babies are super-coot! 🥰

#BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsandMoorhens
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
anuradhasarup.bsky.social
Last for the day but not the least :)
An Eurasian Moorhen family on a weekend outing as were we.

#BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsandMoorhens.

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Two Moorhen chicks and an adult standing in shallow water. One chick is feeding. Eurasian Moorhen Scientific Name: Gallinula chloropus Conservation status: least concern
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
kbroquard.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay
#CootsandMoorhens
An American Coot near the lake.
Black head and neck and white bill. Loved feet.
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
kevguttridge.bsky.social
A Coot in the cold. #BirdOfTheDay #CootsAndMoorhens #Birds
A Coot standing on a frozen pond.
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
briansmith-photos.bsky.social
Another American Coot shot for #BirdoftheDay #CootsandMoorhens and this one out of water, showing off those wonderful feet, and also catching the sun in its eye. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
An American Coot, out of water on a seaweed covered rock. The yellow legs and feet look scaley with black lines all over the joints. Rotund water bird with white chiecken-like bill and red eye.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
bettycrackerfl.bsky.social
In honor of #CootsAndMoorhens being the #BirdOfTheDay, I'm reposting this clip of a Gallinule smackdown. Best part is toward the end when they're smacking each other in the face with their extra-long toes. 🪶
bettycrackerfl.bsky.social Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · Mar 18
Moorhen (Common Gallinule) mud wrestling! At first the Tri-Colored Heron grabs a snack and watches, but then it tells them to scram. Never a dull moment in the swamp, friends! #birds
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
abbphotos.bsky.social
A Purple Gallinule happily eating cattails in the marsh.
#BirdOfTheDay #CootsandMoorhens
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December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
ttt68.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay is #CootsandMoorhens

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December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
izandra.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #CootsAndMoorhens

American coot doing its thing
An American coot, an all black duck-like bird, paddling in a pond, slightly away from the viewer. It has a white beak and red eye, and a clear reflection in the gentle water.
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
hbphotography.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #CootsandMoorhens

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) from Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore

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December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
briansmith-photos.bsky.social
#CootsandMoorhens is the #BirdoftheDay prompt - and I've posted this before, but my fav American Coot picture - two American Coots going at it! #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
Two American Coots, fighting in the water, both have feet up and splashing at each other, wings blurred behind them.
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
anuradhasarup.bsky.social
One of my oldest photographs of birds and always one of my favourites for todays #BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsandMoorhens. Hope you like it too.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
chuck4242.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay is #CootsandMoorhens. Here's an American Coot from last fall.

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An American Coot floats in the water during sunrise
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
sbisson.com
#BirdOfTheDay is #CootsandMoorhens.

"One, two, three, four, I declare a coot war!"

A squabble on the Wandle delta last spring.

#birds #birding #wandle #wandsworth #wildlifephotography
Two coots fighting, with a third joining in at speed. They are black birds with white faces, swimming in blue river water.
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
andy6day.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay is #CootsandMoorhens A pair of Moorhen's getting along just fine (as usual)

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December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
avianwi13.bsky.social
How can you not love coots? Those ridiculous feet, those striking red eyes. Just cool birds all around.

#BirdOfTheDay #CootsandMoorhens #EastCoastKin 🪶
A row of medium-sized black water birds with enormous yellow feet and red eyes stand on a partially submerged log in the water. One of the birds is facing the camera with its neck stretched upwards.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
jhmsparky.bsky.social
#CootsandMoorhens is #birdoftheday today, so I’ll share their Eurasian Waterhen from Da’an Park, Taipei, 2023..
Cheers!
Eurasian Waterhen on shore of park pond
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
pacbirds.bsky.social
An Australasian Swamphen for the #CootsAndMoorhens theme of #BirdOfTheDay and to remind us that birds descended from dinosaurs.

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Swamphen standing on a lawn with bright red bill and frontal shield, blue-purple neck, black back and wings, and white fluffy undertail.
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
birdingjohn.bsky.social
Glad that today's #BirdoftheDay is #CootsandMoorhens so I can share this American coot wrestling with some pond weed. Coots are interesting little weirdos and definitely have a dinosaur vibe.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #dinosaurs 🦕
An American coot swimming in rippling lake water. It has a long strand of bright green pond weed in its beak. An American coot swimming in rippling lake water. Its head is turned slightly towards us; we can see one red eye and the red-brown upper shield at the top of its white beak.
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
goossen.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay is #CootsandMoorhens, bij ons in de #Markgraven in #harbrinkhoek . Langs het mooie #dorpsommetje.

#vroegevogels #birdphotography #waterhoentje #twente #mooitwente
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
roddusi.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #CootsandMoorhens a Common Gallinule (f/k/a Common Moorhen; f/k/a Florida Gallinule).
A photo taken at an angle from above a Common Gallinule, facing left of frame, standing on aquatic vegetation (taking up entire frame of photo) matching the color of its green legs, awash in sunlight.
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
fozziefotos.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay #CootsandMoorhens #birds 🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social #EastCoastKin #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

1 of each with chicks in tow
a moorhen, all over black with a striking bright red and yellow beak. its head is pointing down towards the water with its beak reflected back up at it. Behind and in tow is a moorhen chick with grey whiskers and grey eyebrows and just the hint of the red and yellow beak of its parent A coot all black with a pronounced white forehead leading down to a white beak. Behind are 2 coot chicks - a complete contrast in plumage. a bright yellow collar surrounds a red head with yellow and brown plumage on its body
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
dianef1224.bsky.social
@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #CootsandMoorhens Alternative is #pigeons
#EastCoastKin
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#photography
#birds
#pigeon
Close up of a pigeon Pigeon and her shadow at the edge of the water Pigeon on an Icy day last winter Pigeon and it’s shadow taking a walk
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM