New Camera Test - Extreme Fog

I got my new camera yesterday. It's actually my christmas present, but we wanted to test it out and learn how to use it before we left town for the holidays.

I stopped by Commonwealth Park this morning for a few minutes on my way to work. It was extremely foggy, so my pictures were pretty bad. I haven't learned all the settings for the new camera and I haven't tried out the editing software that came with the camera. I didn't have time to play around this morning, so I just used the AUTO setting.

American Coot - Fulica americana

This was the first time I'd seen a coot out of the water. They look like ducks when you see them swimming but they don't have webbed feet.

This one was sticking his beak down into the mud and pulling out grass or algae or something. All the other coots were diving for their breakfast.