On a recent visit to Papago Ponds, Arizona bird photographer Kathy Gonzales
came across some highly combative coots! Kathy was able to expertly
capture key highlights of the fast-action fight:
A two-footed stranglehold combined with a sharp left-winged smack!
The referee calls "fowl", someone is swinging below the belt!
Will both fighters take a dive?
They're back on their feet!
Final smack-down!
Special thanks to bird photographer Kathy Gonzales
for capturing and sharing these awesome photos!
for capturing and sharing these awesome photos!
Thus we see the true evolutionary value of those big lobed toes! Bludgeoning other Coots into submission!
ReplyDeleteThey're such gentle seeming birds, and yet they are capable of such great violence...