I'm glad we went Monday. I wonder how many of those fall colors will
still be on the trees after the weather that moved in.

After checking some of my shots, I noticed that there were a few
Gadwalls hanging around the Coots, too. I don't know if they were
sharing in the feast or not but they stayed in among the group while
we were there.

--- In montezumaphotography@yahoogroups.com, Julie Horton
<jhorton8@...> wrote:
>
> Nice Shots! I like the fall colors behind the snow geese. I too,
have
> noticed the interaction between Coot and Widgeons.
>
> Fred Bertram
>
> cesassman wrote:
> >
> > I've uploaded a few pictures from my trip yesterday to the Refuge.
> >
> > At the pool, a flock of about 1,000 snow geese landed to join
the "duck
> > soup".
> >
> > Have you ever noticed that American Widgeons always seem to be
among
> > flocks of feeding Coots? I've been observing this for quite a few
> > years--it seems to be almost a symbiotic relationship. The Coots
dive
> > for food and the Widgeons move in for part of the feast. The Coots
> > seem to be resigned to the situation. I've posted a shot of a
Widgeon
> > moving in on a feeding Coot--the Coot dropped his snack and it was
> > snatched right up. I've seen this happening in other locations
besides
> > Montezuma so it must be a common relationship.
> >
> > Coot muggings--what is the world coming to?
> >
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