The peculiar American coot is a somewhat common permanent resident in Oklahoma, and is this week’s featured creature. The bird is in the rallidae family. However, whereas most birds in that ...

The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a common bird year-round throughout much of the western United States, including all but the Upper Gulf Coast region of Texas.

The American coot is the Rodney Dangerfield of birds. It gets no respect. A look at North Carolina’s daily bag limits for hunting ducks and coots gives you an indication of that lack of regard ...

Back to feet: Smaller birds with shorter legs, particularly species favoring trees, hop on land. Birds with longer legs are more likely to walk. Some, like American robins, do both, depending on need.

Coots are kleptoparasitic, meaning that when they don’t feel like hunting for their own food, they will steal their meal from other birds.

American coots will race off with feet pattering on top of the water to escape a predator. Photo Credit: Kathy Adams Clark. Restricted use.

A wildlife photographer has captured Somerset coot birds having a tussle. Robin Morrison says the birds were not messing around in their defence of territory on Tuesday (1 April). He says: “On ...

I know that for many an American Coot is not an exciting bird to watch. However, coots are a unique species, as you will soon discover.

For seven years, migrating birds known as American coots have taken up residence in the 15-acre, man-made lake that serves as the centerpiece of Bridgeport, a subdivision in Valencia, amid the ...

The American coot is among the many waterfowl that can be found at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary in Midland County.

I mean, look at those crazy things. It looks like old-timey dinosaur art exploded out of this poor bird’s toes. We really shouldn’t stare, but those kickers are wild. MEET THE Australian coot (Fulica ...