American Coot #2

by Carol Montoya

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American Coot #2

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Carol Montoya

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Photograph - Photography

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American Coot

"The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent, and they often mix with ducks.

You can find American Coots by scanning lakes and ponds for a small, all-black bird with a bright white bill. They may be at the edges, among vegetation, or out in open water; you may even see them walking around (not waddling) on land on their fairly long, yellow-green legs. In the winter, they can be found in massive flocks of coots and other waterfowl, sometimes numbering in the thousands of individuals."

While check in the bird on Lake Junaluska North Carolina this coot was darting in and out of the vegetation. Look closely, the poor bird got a hook on its beak, but was able to feed.

american coot, coot, bird, birds, coots, american coots, water fowl, lake, water, wildlife, carol r montoya, north carolina, winter nc, wnc, lake Junaluska

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