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American Coot (Fulica americana)
A close look at the American Coot (Fulica americana)-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. But they’re closer relatives of the gangly Sandhill Crane and the nearly invisible rails than of Mallards or teal.
Although it swims like a duck, the American Coot does not have webbed feet like a duck (0:00). Instead, each one of the coot’s long toes has broad lobes of skin (0:40) that help it kick through the water. The broad lobes fold back each time the bird lifts its foot, so it doesn’t impede walking on dry land, though it supports the bird’s weight on mucky ground.
The ecological impact of common animals, like this ubiquitous waterbird, can be impressive when you add it all up. One estimate from Back Bay, Virginia, suggested that the local coot population ate 216 tons (in dry weight) of vegetation per winter.
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.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Coot & Painted Turtle
0:09 entering water
0:15 Slow motion eating
0:23 Super slow motion dive
0:40 on land (lobed feet)
0:50 preening
0:55 building nesting platform
1:00 nesting
1:06 adult & 2 chicks
1:19 chick preening
1:30 adults & 3 chicks
1:51 adult on nest with 2 chicks
2:05 Fall migration
2:11 large group (fall migration)
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