There is an old saying “If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck, then it must be a duck.” However, there is a species of bird that is often mistaken for a duck because of its appearance and ...

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 family — ...

Fayetteville Animal Services teamed up with Fayetteville Fire Department to rescue an American Coot Bird that got caught up in some fishing line on Lake Fayetteville. Man Films Himself Leading 6 A.M.

American coots hang out with ducks, and so it is tempting to describe the coot as an odd duck. But the coot is not a duck at all but a member of the rail family. It's more closely related to moorhens, ...

An adult coot can recognize its own chicks and will attack a parasitic chick that hatches in its nest. Photo by B. Lyon. The American coot is a drab, seemingly unremarkable marsh bird common ...

Coots, the Rodney Dangerfields of the bird world, just might start to get some respect as a result of a new study showing that these common marsh birds are able to recognize and count their own eggs, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the birds I see most regularly here in ...

Description: This bird has blackish feathers with white under its tail, a white bill and lobed toes. A chunky bird, it is often mistakenly referred to as a duck and resembles a common moorhen. Usual ...