What looks like a duck, floats like a duck and swims like a duck, isn’t always a duck! My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern ...

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, ...

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 ...

While I was strolling around the lake one evening, I observed a young woman being mobbed by a crowd of avian groupies. They were about the size of a chicken with dark gray feathers, bright-white bills ...

A newly hatched American coot chick shows off its colorful ornamental plumes, beak, and naked head. The bright colors of coot chicks help their parents choose favorites, according to a new study. The ...

A small duck-like bird, the American Coot’s black body, red eyes, and white beak makes it one of the more easily identified waterfowl. A flock of coots is sometimes called a “commotion” or a “swarm.” ...

One early spring day, Barb and Joe Rogers, managers of Wildlife Recovery Association, happily watched a coot as it slowly worked its way along the edge of Little Swamp Sanctuary's wetland, pushing ...

That's what I think of whenever I see a funny-looking bird called an American coot. This water bird, with a charcoal-colored body and a white beak, is about the same size as a chicken. When on land, ...

A study examines ornamentation in juvenile American coots. Ornamental traits, such as bright-colored plumage, are known to benefit courtship and increase mating success in animals. However, the ...

Dallas Police Department’s Air 1 helicopter got an unexpected and unwanted guest last night. While the chopper was flying over Lake Ray Hubbard, a bird — initially reported to be a duck but later ...