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American coot

Fulica americana

Description:

small duck-like bird with distinctive white bill

Habitat:

spotted in lake in county wilderness park

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2 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Good question, Alice. It led me to this: http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbi...
Who knew?!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Are they vegetarians?

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Florida, USA

Spotted on Nov 25, 2011
Submitted on Nov 25, 2011

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