Winter Lake and American Coots
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Winter Lake and American Coots
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
Medium
Photograph
Description
What looks like a duck and acts like a duck, but is not a duck? It’s the American coot, of course. Coots are duck-like in many ways, but they are actually members of the rail family and are the most common (and most commonly seen) of all the rails. Like ducks, coots are excellent swimmers and use this ability to find and eat aquatic vegetation. However, coots are reluctant and awkward fliers—they must run, pattering across the water’s surface and flapping madly to lift their heavy bodies into the air. Chunky and almost all black with a contrasting white bill and red eyes and forehead patch, the coot is hard to mistake for anything else. American coots are widespread across North America, especially in winter when they can be found in huge flocks on large bodies of water. Captured near Waban Lake, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the A IS FOR AZURE themed week, JULY 12, 2021- JULY 19, 2021. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Gary F Richards
Excellent capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the FOCUS ON WILDLIFE AND OR THE GREAT OUTDOORS contest!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, beautiful light and shading, and artwork! Fl…voted in the WINTER WONDER contest
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 March: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. You are also welcome to share your featured image on our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247552766180931/ Thank you for your participation in the group! (March 20, 2019)
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your amazing artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 3/3/2019! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Jenny, many thanks for featuring my artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “New England Photographers Photographing New England” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 February: Stunning Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. You may also share this featured image on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/171657183565863/ If enabled, this image will be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! (February 19, 2019)
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Jan, thank you very much for featuring my artwork in the “New England Photographers Photographing New England” Group Home Page!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Snow-Ice-Frost Including Mountain Tops” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 February: Stunning Featured Images and Thank you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. You may post your FEATURED IMAGE to our new group Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2059486324342268/ for additional exposure. Thank you for your participation within this group (February 1, 2019).
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Jan, thanks a lot for LF and the feature in the “Snow-Ice-Frost Including Mountain Tops” Group Home Page!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Don, thanks a lot for L/Tweet and the feature on "Photographic Camera Art" group home page!
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