Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Feeling Blue Now

031809: Today was a day, in many ways, about extremes. And after this day, I am bone tired. But wanting to complete the Daily Topaz for today I sat down and chose this photo of our resident Coot. Feeling the extremes of my day, I played with the contrast of the photo which made these odd little birds more interesting.
The coot, aka Mud Hens, are funny little birds with their green little feet and noisy clucks. They stay close to our shore throughout the winter, scavanging the water's edge for food. Soon they will fly to their summer home, raise more coot and return next winter again.

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