#american coot

[occasionallybirds]

American Coot (Fulica americana)

November 4, 2023

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 32, no. 10. October, 1971. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

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[northernpintail]

My very first American Coot! They’re definitely a favourite now, watching them walk around and dive in the shallow water is so delightful. Quirky little duck chickens

[everydayesterday]

Angry-looking American Coot (Red-shielded)

photo by me, 2024-03-14

[todaysbird]

Today's bird are this duck and her american coot friends

[stickynotebirds]

198. American and Eurasian Coot

[lynx-polls]

Alright here’s the bird poll everybody, has a lot of fun making this! Before voting PLEASE look at the pictures of the legs below, it might firstly change your mind on what you pick! Also yes, you get the feathers at the top of the legs too, and yes, the legs are proportional to you

Pictures (in order of poll):

Actually turns out there’s an image limit?? So the next two images will be in the next reblog.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: American Coot

Photo: Heather Paul

"Coots are tough, adaptable waterbirds. Although they are related to the secretive rails, they swim in the open like ducks and walk about on shore, making themselves at home on golf courses and city park ponds. Usually in flocks, they are aggressive and noisy, making a wide variety of calls by day or night. They have strong legs and big feet with lobed toes, and coots fighting over territorial boundaries will rear up and attack each other with their feet. Often seen walking on open ground near ponds. In taking flight they must patter across the water, flapping their wings furiously, before becoming airborne."

- Audubon Field Guide

[campodefiori9]

American Coot at the reservoir ,Central park

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

greater or lesser yellowlegs, with a partially missing leg ^

american coot ^

lincoln's (?) sparrow ^

pacific tree/chorus frog ^

black-capped chickadee ^

[orofeaiel]

American Coot | Tacoma, WA

[sandpaperoctopi]

ibis time

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 42, no. 11. November, 1981. Illustration by Carl Knuth.

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[northernpintail]

American Coots have very remarkable feet

[possumnest]

been using my sketchbook more lately 🐓

[sebring5]

IMG_0019 by Henry Via Flickr: Great blue heron