Twas a misty morning. I just came off a nightshift and was feeling good, so I decided to head to Lake Hefner and have myself a look around. This was in the end of September, so it was just a bit chilly and you couldnt see about 20 feet out. Naturally a good morning to go birding. I had a feeling that I would see a cool waterbird though, so continue on I did. For the longest time there wasnt anything good to see - only about 500 coots, a billion seagulls (reminder: make a post about the seagulls of Lake Hefner) and 5 million mallards. i always enjoy the couple of rareities you see there tho: sandpipers, killdeers, herons of all types... but as I was about to turn in LO! Behold the very thing i was hoping to see! a big beautiful pelican!

These things are so much bigger than I thought they were. like, I bet if it was standing next to me it would be able to come up to my chest easily. I looked it up and apparently these are the second largest birds (the condor being the first) in America measuring by wingspan. I think I saw one of the bigger ones cause it was like seeing a ginormous angel all in orange and white. Pelicans are only seen in Oklahoma during migration seasons - which just so happens to be September and some of November. I watched it for a while and even saw it fish (to which it was unsucessful LOL) before it swam to far out and was consumed by the mist, SIGH. I cannot wait for these birds to come back cause it was awesome.

I went to a little fall festival with my sister a couple days ago and we walked around the botanical gardens in the city. On the lake there waere plenty of species of ducks too look at, but we also happed to spot something that was NOT a duck! The american coot! I am not gunna lie, because it was in the water with other ducks, I thought it was also a duck. I looked it up anyway to see if it was a special species or something, and found this cool bird! I kind of wish that we were able to see its legs though. They look like nasty plant matter.

When I looked up its description, the merlin birding app called it "incredibly lobed" which I thought was funny. They also compare it to a chicken - perhaps the author was either especially fond of this species, or a hater. I want to cook and eat their legs.