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A Mud Hen is a marsh bird with short wings and long legs that inhabits swamps or marshes. Such birds have been known as marsh hens, rails, coots, or Mud Hens.
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The plentiful American Coots (Mudhens) are all over the local refuges. When disturbed, they appear to walk across the water in a short flight to put distance between themselves and the intruder.
An American coot (Fulica americana) or mudhen swims through open water in Kern National Wildlife Refuge, California. The brown colors are the reflection of the reeds and other shoreline vegetation in the water on this late October Day during the dry season.
American Coot (Fulica americana) taking a break in the hectic pace of the breeding season and guarding it territory to roost and preen its plumage in a moderate sized wetland west of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
20 May, 2016.
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Obviously not shooting them for their beauty!! ...although, I do love their green legs and feet -
The American coot, also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies in North America. Groups of coots are called covers or rafts.
American Coot (Fulica americana) taking a break in the hectic pace of the breeding season and guarding it territory to roost and preen its plumage in a moderate sized wetland west of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
20 May, 2016.
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Mudhen 463 leads a pair of K-36's up the grade out of Chama on a photographers charter.
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American coots (Fulica americana) or mudhens swims through open water in Kern National Wildlife Refuge, California.
Watching 20 tons of Mudhen following the Welsh terrain never gets old.
Four USAF F-15E Strike Eagles flown by crew of 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina nail the corner on a low-level training sortie in LFA7.
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USAF F-15E Strike Eagle flown by 492d Fighter Squadron of RAF Lakenheath roars past “in the mud” with a high-G turn and signature vapour over the top of the wings. Sadly a rare occurrence these days, but you’ve got to love humid afternoons in Mid-Wales when these guys are in town!
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The Huckleberry is laid out wonderfully from the viewpoints of photographers and model railroaders alike. Here Mudhen 464 is looping to make a return to Crossroads Village. A Lerro Productions photo charter.
As a steady rain falls, C&TS K-27 "Mudhen" #463, disguised as Rio Grande Southern #455, storms into Sublette, NM, during the climb from Antonito to the summit of Cumbres Pass.
I laid up on the bank at John Heinz NWR watching and waiting for three American Coots to make a close approach for a good image. Unfortunately they made some approaches, but not quite as close as I would have liked. So, a decent crop from the original image but still respectable detail. I never realized that the American Coot is not a duck, not sure if it is considered waterfowl to tell the truth. My understanding is that the Coot is closely related to the rails and also the Sandhill Cranes. A mud hen is its common name. View large for detail.
It is the end of the weekend. :( Cloudy and rainy most of the time here in Philly. Enjoy the evening ~!
A mud hen notices the paparazzo.
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
20 May 2022.
▶ The mud hen with her/his companion: here.
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▶ "The American coot (Fulica americana) —also known as a mud hen or pouldeau— is a migratory bird that occupies most of North America. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies, and primarily eat algae and other aquatic plants."
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Former Rio Grande K-27 #464 has just gotten a drink from the water tower and now waits to depart with an excursion. This is Crossroads Village's Huckleberry Railroad, originally a standard gauge Pere Marquette line that was narrow gauged in the 70s for the creation of the park. #464 is currently OOS pending a rebuild.
The mud hen and the duck,
What an inscrutable pair!
In morning, admirals of the pond,
By night, retired to their lair.
Wildlife sanctuary pond, in...
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
2 July 2023.
▶ Their 'lair' (out-of-frame to photo right) is a bank of the pond, protected by dense, low-hanging shrubs.
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▶ "The American coot (Fulica americana) —also known as a mud hen or pouldeau— is a migratory bird that occupies most of North America. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related, belonging to a separate order.
Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies, and primarily eat algae and other aquatic plants."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ "The domestic duck or domestic mallard (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) is a subspecies of mallard that has been domesticated by humans and raised for meat, eggs, and down feathers. A few are also kept for show, as pets, or for their ornamental value. They were probably domesticated in Southeast Asia – most probably in Southern China – by the rice paddy-farming ancestors of modern Southeast Asians, and spread outwards from that region.
The Pekin —also known as White Pekin, American Pekin, or Long Island Duck— is an American breed of domestic duck, seven to ten pounds in weight (3 to 4.5 kg), with white feathers, an orange or pink bill, and orange feet. It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century. It is now bred in many parts of the world, raised primarily for meat."
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A pair of ancient D&RGW, narrow gauge steam locomotives rumble across the little wooden trestle at Milepost 285.87 at sunrise, as they take a mixed freight westbound on the San Juan extension, heading for the yards at Chama, NM via Cumbres Pass.
This image was captured during an October 2024 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which featured a rather unique double-header on this particular day. Depicted here are the 1883-vintage T-12, 10-wheeler #168 (lettered as #167), running in tandem with K-27 Mikado #463. This combination is unusual, as the T-12s were designed for fast passenger service and would seldom be found on freights. By about 1930 however, the T-12s were getting pretty long in the tooth, and most of the D&RGW's premier passenger trains were by then being pulled by larger locomotives. Photographic evidence does show that in that timeframe, some of the remaining T-12s were occasionally used as helpers on freights. Of course, history also shows that just half a dozen years later, the T-12s were all retired.
Former Denver, Rio Grande & Western K27 "Mudhen" #464 is ready for a day of runs at the Huckleberry Railroad at Crossroads Village in Flint, MI. In the shop are former US Army 4-6-0 #152 and center cab diesel #7.
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Masquerading C&TS K-27 #463 slowly moves past the under- restoration Chama stockpens while wying the daily train from Antonito, CO. There are plenty of historical inaccuracies to pick apart, but this encounter with "RGS 455" may be the closest I ever get to experiencing a little bit of Rio Grande Southern magic.
Rio Grande Mudhen 464 crosses another bridge through the Rockies...or maybe it's central Michigan. A Lerro Productions photo charter.
Mudhen #463 (disquised as RGS 455) takes a breather at the top of 10,000 ft Cumbres Pass as its fireman completes filling the tank with water.
Mudhens, AKA, American Coot, were in abundance this morning at my favorite local lake park. What I couldn't quite get over was the two-tones of the water. Happy weekend, all, and stay warm!
Taken on a recent walk, on a day with good clouds, at Santee Lakes. This has all of the elements that I like to have in an infrared image - clouds, sky, water, and vegetation.
This is an infrared image taken with my converted Nikon D300 camera. I've been taking infrared photographs for more than 15 years, and with a total of 3 different cameras. It's much easier to take infrared images digitally that it was in the film days. If you like this look, I have an album of infrared photographs, creatively named Infrared.
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Santee Lakes is a great place to photograph migratory birds in the winter, dragonflies during spring and summer and infrared all year round. I've taken a lot of pictures there which are in my Infrared album.