While there was no big bad wolf to be seen, Lisa (Micro of the Macro) and I were surprised by feet of this American Coot. Besides the size and color, they look segmented. I’ve seen lots of coots at the Preserve and probably some old coots but as they’ve always been swimming, I’ve never seen the feet of any of them. This one was standing on a log usually occupied by ducks or turtles enabling us to see its feet.
This, that and the other thing 
Fabulous feet 🙂 🙂
🙂 I agree.
Learning opportunity because I’ve never seen that before.
I hadn’t either. But what fun to see.
Just another example of the many forms of nature. 🙂
True, but some are more unusual than others. :-
They do have interesting feet don’t they! I’m always surprised by their lobed feet.
Quite unusual, at least to me.
Cool, but I agree with you that those feet are LARGE.
Ha! They really are. 🙂
Wow, they look like plant pods. Fascinating.
🙂 They’re definitely unusual so I was really happy this guy was standing where I could see them.
janet
Interesting feet!
They really are.
HA HA Great title and photo …
Thanks, Izzy. Glad you enjoyed both.
Lol! Okay, big feet, but still sweet!
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I’m not paying for no ads, so we’re good, although I wish they were paying me to advertise. 😦
LOL!
When I re-read that “I’m not paying for no ads”, I probably should have said “I’m not paying for ‘no ads’ “, because it just sounds as if I can’t speak proper English and could be taken to mean I’m paying for ads. 🙂
LOL True… it’s the double negative
hahaha paying for ads
Luckily both old and young coots don’t have to go shopping for shoes!
😉. Very true.
Extraordinary!
I thought so too.
He does have cool feet, Janet!!
So different from duck feet.
I didn’t know, they were also around in the US
There are certainly a lot here. I don’t know about elsewhere.
We have one here in Europe. You can find it from Scandinavia to North Africa and even in Austro-Asia, but not in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_coot There are only small differences to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_coot. That’s why I mixed them up (didn’t look carefully enough).
I guess that’s why this is an American coot. 🙂
Yep 😊
Wow, his feet are large! Great photo 😀
Not just big but unusual as well. 🙂
Great job in capturing not only the details in the feathers, but also those great feet! I saw the feet first and knew they were coot feet.
The American Coot could once be found this far south, but it’s been ‘extirpated’ for ? I have no idea how long. The Andean (Slate-colored) Coot looks very much like the American Coot, so at times the resident species shows up on the coast – perhaps then crave warmer weather?
Those feet amazed me, Lisa. I wonder how many types of coots there are?
ha… cornell’s Birds of the World states there are 11 species of Coot. This link lists ten: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-ten-species-of-coots-living-in-the-world-today.html
Thanks! I didn’t mean for you to look it up. I was just musing. 😉. Too busy with that grandchild to bother about coots for these next few days. 😁
A fist for me too, and we see them in the water all the time at the lake.
So the feet are a big surprise.
They are!
Excellent
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
janet
Those are NOT real feet!!! Seriously? Those are wild!
They are real and they are wild (in both ways.) 🙂
janet