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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

"I'm gonna be known as the crazy bird lady!" she joked, as she waited near the Broadway Market while standing watch over an American Coot, which appeared to have an injured wing when she noticed ...

A newly hatched American coot chick shows off its colorful ornamental plumes ... endure a form of parental aggression called tousling (shaking them by the back of the neck) to keep them from hogging ...

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 ...