Adult - ML303193191 — Adult © Daniel Irons eBird S63151142 Macaulay Library ML 202472221

Juvenile - ML71547101 — Juvenile © Jay McGowan

Adult - ML303193371 — Adult © Brad Imhoff

Adult and chick - ML303193541 — Adult and chick © Megan Buers

Adult - ML303193641 — Adult © August Davidson-Onsgard

Adult - ML303193971 — Adult © miriam avello

Habitat - ML303193781 — Habitat © nicole-marie pettinelli

American Coot Fulica americana

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Identification

Plump, chicken-like bird that acts like a duck. Gray overall with blacker head and white bill. Tiny tail and short wings. Feet are large, yellow-green, and oddly lobed. Head jerks back and forth when swimming. Forages for aquatic vegetation anywhere with water: ponds, city parks, marshes, reservoirs, lakes, ditches, and saltmarshes.

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