{"id":2808,"date":"2012-04-02T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2012-04-02T07:46:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T11:46:24","slug":"monday-musings-american-coot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/monday-musings-american-coot\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Musings – American Coot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love Florida. My wife has a hard time understanding my love affair with the Sunshine State but I just can’t stop enjoying the wildlife and nature opportunities Florida offers. <\/p>\n

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American Coot Reflection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to many of you who answered my request for your favorite birding locations on the east coast of Florida, I had a wonderful 2 days of birding. One of my favorite locations was Wakodahatchee Wetlands<\/strong><\/a>. I will post a site report on this location shortly.<\/p>\n

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American Coot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wakodahatchee Wetlands certainly has made it to one of my favorite Florida birding locations. One of the species that was abundant at the wetlands was the American Coot.<\/p>\n

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American Coot Calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This member of the rail family is often confused with a duck. Like many of the species at the wetlands, the Coots that I observed, were habituated to the goings on of the vast boardwalk which made them fairly easy to photograph and observe.<\/p>\n

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American Coot with Grass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Images Captured with Nikon D3X, 600mm f\/4 on Lexar Digital Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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