The American coot easily can be found, during the winter months, paddling in calm waters pumping its head back and forth as it goes. This duck-like bird with a black head and neck, slate-gray body ...

The American coot is the size of a small duck and is all black on the head and neck, blending to a slate ... They may remain as long as the swamp is free of ice and continues to provide necessary ...

The peculiar American coot is a somewhat common permanent ... I heard the phrase “old coot” long before I knew there was a bird named coot. The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists — along ...

That bird is the American Coot. The American Coot (Fulica americana ... The small head and thick neck are black, and there is a peppering of white dots that surround the bright red eyes.

My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern California. We didn’t need to travel all that way to see these “old coot ...

A newly hatched American coot chick shows off its colorful ornamental plumes ... Their larger, early-hatched siblings, meanwhile, endure a form of parental aggression called tousling (shaking them by ...

The Common Moorhen superficially looks like the American Coot, and is common in the southern coastal states. Coots have a blackish head and neck with a red eye, slate gray body, and a distinctive ...

The American coot is a somewhat drab water bird with gray ... aggression called tousling (shaking them by the back of the neck) to keep them from hogging too much food. The favored chicks are ...

The American coot is a somewhat drab water bird with gray ... aggression called tousling (shaking them by the back of the neck) to keep them from hogging too much food. The favored chicks are ...

(apologies to my father-in-law) No, you get a strange-looking creature, with a comical name to match — the American ... long birds. First to grab your attention will probably be the coot ...