This bird appeared in my posts in early spring, when it showed its young chicks and the whole family moved the nearby pond. Today again about this beautiful bird, i.e. coot, but in completely different circumstances.

It's impossible to resist her charm, and whenever I see her, I take out whatever camera I currently have on hand.

Today, the coot decided to leave the water areas in search of food outside the pond. Looking at the plucked places in the grass, she does it every day, and not only her.

The moorhen leaves the water environment with it, as well as one more representative of rail flies, which I have not yet identified, because there are over 132 species of them.

No less common denominator for these birds is food, which is within the pond, but not in the water. All these walking birds love dandelion and dandelion leaves.

Common dandelion is a plant that contains many valuable ingredients, including vitamins and mineral salts. It also has healing properties, which is why it is consumed by people in various ways, as fresh salads or herbal teas. As you can see, nature has also equipped birds with senses that allow them to distinguish valuable plants from less valuable or poisonous ones.

An interesting fact is that the birds living in and around the pond are completely unafraid of people. Around the pond there is a fairly intensively used bicycle route, along which cyclists rush, often like madmen, but the coots do not pay any attention to it. They walk around calmly, nibbling dandelion leaves and other plants.