What a lovely tranquil stretch of water, somewhere to enjoy the outdoors.
The bird on the lake looks very similar to our Southern African red-knobbed coot perhaps distant relative!
Thanks for sharing a wonderful outing with great photography to tell the story.
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Thank you @joanstewart it really was a lovely peaceful lake to hike around and those red-knobbed coot birds could be from Africa birds are good travelers 😊
Ah to be as free as a bird, I am not to sure about migration we see them on ponds inland, quite settled bobbing around.
Sure nice to be free as a bird but i suppose some are happy just happy staying in there own environmental home.