Thanks for the clarification Steve

2/13/10 Saturday - after note


After we posted the photo updates this morning. We received an email on my phone from Steve (Thomas’s daughter Cheryl’s husband.) He told us that:

“You are correct in your identification of the Great White Heron; however I believe that what you were seeing a lot of in the water near you were the American Coot. They are small and black with white beaks. They are common water bird found in that area year round and are routinely mistaken for ducks. They have a smaller pointed beak rather than a long, broad and flat beak of a duck. Keep in mind that I worked for several years for the Ducks Unlimited Organization doing production on their television shows. OK, now back to your trip! Steve”
Thanks for the info. Now to call them “Coots” and not ducks will be hard.