Coots

Omnivorous. Eats mostly plant material, including stems, leaves, and seeds of pondweeds, sedges, grasses, and many others, also much algae. Also eats ...

Coots are tough, adaptable waterbirds. Although they are related to the secretive rails, they swim in the open like ducks and walk about on shore, mak...

American Coots are an abundant and widespread species. They are not endangered, nor are they threatened, but they are protected by the Migratory Bird ...

Mostly aquatic vascular plants and algae; some grasses, other terrestrial vegetation, and grains; aquatic invertebrates (mollusks, crustaceans, insect...