American Coot - Marcia Lincoln
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Location

Laguna Atascosa NWR--Osprey Overlook
Cameron, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 26.2338009, -97.3643036
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Took videos, which unfortunately I can't post to substantiate numbers. They are clearly American Coot. Never seen so many so densely packed together. Recent migrants, or possibly condensed by predators.(although none were detected) This number is very conservative. How many white bills are in this picture? 400 maybe? and that's just 1 frame of the video and this dense raft was one of 3 of approximately equal size.

Technical information

Model
ILCE-9M2
ISO
320
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
6000 pixels x 1191 pixels
Original file size
3.87 MB