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	BioKIDS: American coot (Fulica americana) : Information
		American Coots are migratory birds native to the Nearctic region.
		American Coots influence populations of aquatic invertebrates and plants and serve as a prey base for predators in their habitats.
		The American Coot is not used as a human food source, and due to the awkwardness of their take-off and early flight, they are not used as game birds.
	www.biokids.umich.edu /critters/information/Fulica_americana.html (838 words)

	idamericancaribbeancoot
		Coots possess a 'shield' that represents an extension of the maxilla onto the forehead.
		American Coots typically possess a small white shield extending to the eyes or halfway between the eyes and crown, with a large reddish or brownish callus.
		Caribbean Coots typically possess a large white shield extending to the crown; the shield is sometimes tinged yellow and the callus is absent.
	www.geocities.com /secaribbirds/idamericancaribbeancoot (954 words)

	American Coots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To signal their social intentions coots vary body postures, adjust the position of the white undertail coverts, alter the degree to which they arch the wings over the back, change the angle of erect neck feathers and, when aroused, swell the frontal "nose" shield.
		Coots communicate distress to each other by exposing their undertail coverts or displaying a swollen shield when alarmed by potential dangers such as hawks, airplanes, or predatory mammals.
		In Hawaii, for example, where coot numbers were reduced to 1,500 by the mid-1970s and the island population was considered endangered, their decline was also an indicator of the rapid disappearance of island wetlands, an important habitat for many other Hawaiian species.
	www.stanfordalumni.org /birdsite/text/essays/American_Coots.html (826 words)

	American Coot
		The American Coot can grow up to be 13 to 23 inches long, it has a dark bluish fl crown, an orange eye ring, a long flat beak, and its body is all grayish blue with dark blue wing bars.
		Coot is the name of nine kinds of marsh birds from the rail family.
		American coots wings are short and rounded, a yellow or white beak shaped like a chickens, and paddlelike flaps on there giant lobbed feet to help them swim.
	www.ccs.k12.in.us /polar/birds/bird/coot.htm (166 words)

	Coot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The coots are medium-sized water birds which are members of the rail family.
		They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers, although nevertheless capable of covering long distances; the American Coot has reached Great Britain and Ireland on rare occasions.
		Coots can walk and run vigorously on strong legs, and have long toes that are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coot (205 words)

	American Coot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		American Coot: Medium-sized, rounded, chicken-like swimming bird which is fl overall except for its short, white bill and undertail coverts.
		American Coot: Eight to ten pinkish eggs, spotted with brown, are laid on a shallow platform of dead leaves and stems, usually on water but anchored to a clump of reeds.
		American Coot: Similar to this bird is the Common Moorhen, which is of the same size and shape but has a reddish bill with a yellowish tip, a white stripe along the flanks, and a brownish back.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/65/target.aspx (660 words)

	The American Coot
		From November until the middle of April the Coots are extremely numerous in the southern parts of the Floridas, and the lower portions of Louisiana.
		During the month of September, the Coot is also abundant on all the western waters, and its appearance in those districts being so much earlier than in the Floridas, is a sure indication of the inland course of its migrations.
		The next morning not a single Coot could I find while looking for them, for several miles along the river, and I concluded that they had left the place, and continued their migratory journey northward, this being about the beginning of the time of their general departure.
	www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F33_G2a.html (1982 words)

	Birds, Familiar: American Coot, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Spring.--The coot is a hardy bird and an early spring migrant, pushing on northward as fast as advancing spring melts the ice in the ponds, often arriving while there is still some ice.
		Coots indulge in quite a variety of grunting, croaking, and squawking notes and are responsible for most of the noise coming from the innermost recesses of a slough or tule swamp.
		Among coots, their safety lies in numbers, even if all be cowards, but the wonder is, not that the eagles know this, but that the coots themselves do.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch1-10/coot.html (4012 words)

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		American Coots run lightly splashing across the water for some distance, beating their wings vigorously to become airborne.
		The osprey or fish hawk is the main predator of the American Coot.
		The American Coot is not endangered, nor is it threatened.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/1725/106963 (746 words)

	BISON Species Account 040185 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		American coots are occasional migrants at the White Sands National Monument, in Dona Ana and Otero counties 75.
		American coots of Fort Bliss are fairly common from the beginning of December to the end of February, abundant from the beginning of March to the end of May, fairly common from the beginning of May to the end of June, and abundant from the beginning of August to the end of November 102.
		Coots may be restricted to freshwater habitats because their rate of salt excretion is insufficient for all their normal water needs to be met by consumption of seawater.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/040185.htm (2542 words)

	July 2001 Bird of the Month - American Coot
		The American coot is dark slate-gray, with a fl head and neck and white undertail coverts.
		Coots prefer to nest in weedy freshwater marshes and wetlands but assemble in large flocks on both fresh and salt water in winter.
		The American coot is the only coot species to inhabit the U.S. It is a year-round resident in Texas.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/jul01.html (456 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		The nest of the American coot can be: 1) on a floating platform of vegetation, 2) in emergent vegetation or on branches in or over the water, or 3) on the ground or in a low shrub near water.
		The American coot is a cooperative breeder, with young of the first brood of the season frequently participating in the care of later broods.
		The American coot is, however, rarely the host of other parasitic species, such as the ruddy duck and the redhead.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=fuliamer (263 words)

	Focus on Wildlife
		The American Coot, unlike many of the members of its family, is more duck-like in both appearance as well as characteristics.
		Immature Coots are similar to the adults, although, their body color tends to be a light slate-gray with more whitish-colored feathers, particularly on the breast and underside of the bird.
		Although the American Coot is generally seen in the water where its legs are not visible, another differing characteristic between the adult and immature bird is the leg color.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2003-07-10/focus_on_wildlife.html (963 words)

	The Preposterous Coot
		Then science proved that coots are innoxious to man and duck alike, that they rarely damage crops or gardens, that they are not overpopulated enough to foul up propellers, snag fishing lines, or crowd out the "ole swimmin' hole".
		In recommending the coot as an "antidote for the blues", Job was not amiss; it is still touted as one of, if not the funniest bird on fresh water, and it looke the part.
		Coots eat almost anything they can lay their white beaks into, and top it off with such delicacies as water milfoil, bur reed, and wild celery.
	www.softcom.net /users/naturenotes/coot.htm (1017 words)

	American Coot: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		Coots are good swimmers and spend much of their lives dabbling on open water.
		The American coot is a dark, duck-like bird.
		Coots eat a variety of food such as insects and plants, ducking down on the water's surface, diving to the bottom, even nibbling on land.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/birds/americancoot.html (318 words)

	American Coot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coots wintering on Par Pond migrate from the contaminated area each spring and, while on their more northerly breeding grounds, they eliminate radiocesium accumulated from Par Pond.
		The summer elimination of radiocesium from coots is the result of physiological/ metabolic processes taking place in each individual bird’s body (i.e., biological elimination).
		Resightings of marked coots on Par Pond in successive winters confirm some level of fidelity to the reservoir as a whole and even to specific arms of the reservoir.
	www.uga.edu /srel/american_coot.htm (135 words)

	Birds - American Coot
		More aquatic than any of its kin, the coot delights in the swimming and diving feats of a grebe, and appears to be the connecting link between the swimmers, with whom it was formerly classed, owing to its lobed toes.
		The coot dives for food to great depths, sometimes sinking grebe fashion, and disappearing to parts unknown by a long swim under water with the help of both wings and feet.
		But coots are shy of men, albeit the young and old alike have flesh no one not starving could eat; and they usually live in some inaccessible pond or swamp, especially at the nesting season.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-206.shtml (676 words)

	Coot at exZOOberance!
		Coot, common name for any member of a genus of birds of the rail family, also called mud hens or swamphens due to their habitat in the marshy borders of streams and lakes.
		There are five additional species of coot in South America, one in Africa, and one in the Caribbean area; the latter may be merely a variety of the American coot.
		The American coot is classified as Fulica americana and the Eurasian, or fl, coot as Fulica atra.
	www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/coot/coot.htm (366 words)

	Biologybase: Birds: American Coot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The American Coot is a member of the rail family.
		The coot is overall fl, with a light bill, the brightest color on the bird are the legs which are green.
		American Coots are pretty common across most of the continent where ever there are freshwater lakes, ponds and streams.
	www.interaktv.com /BIRDS/speciesaccounts/americancoot.html (122 words)

	Coot Birds Can Count, Study Says
		His study of an American coot colony in British Columbia, Canada, is the first to show that birds can keep a reckoning of the eggs they lay.
		American coots have responded to this threat by learning to recognize eggs that aren't theirs.
		A recent study shows that American coots are able to distinguish between parisitic eggs and their own, and are able to "count" their clutch size.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/04/0402_030402_coots.html (769 words)

	* American Coot - (Bird): Definition
		Although the American Coot is a superb swimmer, it is plump and has difficulty taking flight, pattering across the water to gain speed...
		From November until the middle of April the Coots are extremely numerous in the southern parts of the Floridas,...
		American Coots are found in fresh- and saltwater wetlands.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/american_coot.html (389 words)

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		The forthcoming Birds of North America account for Hawaiian Coot states that several were seen in 1977 on Kaua'i, four reported by DOFAW (Department of Forestry and Wildlife) in 1982, 13 in August 1983, 35 in January 1984, 11 in August 1984 and 5 in January 1985.
		Probably the most important feature to differentiate this species from American Coot (adults with red knobs) is the configuration of the knob and bill base: In Hawaiian the knob is large and extends DOWN to the bill base, thus there is no extension of the white from the bill up to the knob (Figure 2).
		On American the white from the bill extends UP to the small knob and thus a noticeable area of white is easily seen extending from the base of the bill (Figures 4 -6).
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /cootarticle2.htm (1852 words)

	About the American Coot - All Info-About Science For Families Virtual Animal Zoo
		Coots are all-terrain birds they dawdle, dive and walk on land or over floating vegetation.
		Coots love to hang around ponds, lakes and marshes, and in winter, salt bays and lagoons, or grazing by the grass.
		Coots raise their young on bodies of water that are surrounded by dense vegetation.
	scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com /zoo/americancoot.html (134 words)

	American Coot Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
		differs from caribbean coot in having a smaller forehead shield that is reddish-brown instead of white or white tinged with yellow (some american coots have an extensively white forehead shield).
		This coot may be found in almost any of a broad variety of wetlands, including freshwater lakes, ponds, marshes, roadside ditches, and industrial-waste impoundments, as well as in coastal marine habitats.
		The coot will consume grains, grasses, and agricultural crops on land; however, it generally forages in or under water, where it is almost exclusively and herbivore (Brisbin and Mowbray 2002).
	fwp.state.mt.us /fieldguide/detail_ABNME14020.aspx (513 words)

	All About Birds
		American Coot, juvenile, 26 June 2004, Montezuma NWR, Seneca County, NY Menu
		Often mistaken for a duck, the American Coot is a common waterbird.
		Instead of having all the toes connected by webs, each coot toe has lobes on the sides of each segment.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Coot.html (136 words)

	AllRefer.com - coot (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		coot, common name for a migratory marsh bird related to rails and gallinules and found in North America and Europe.
		The American coot (Fulica americana), or mud hen, is slate gray with a white bill, fl head and neck, and white wing edgings and tail patch.
		Coots are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gruiformes, family Rallidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/coot.html (202 words)

	NWHC: 4th Quarter 1997 Quarterly Mortality Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As in the winter of 1996-97, coots with neurologic clinical signs were detected in late November on DeGray Lake, Arkansas and the presence of vacuolar myelinopathy of the white matter of the brain was confirmed.
		Coots that were necropsied had no lesions of infectious disease and histopathological examination of the brains revealed lesions similar to those found in coots and bald eagles from Arkansas.
		In Texas, the primary species involved are Canada geese while in California, American coots, ruddy ducks, and white geese are the species comprising the greatest proportion of the pick-ups.
	www.nwhc.usgs.gov /pub_metadata/quarterly/4qt97tbl.html (1070 words)

	American Coot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coots (Fulica americana), also called mud hens, inhabit the marshy borders of wetlands around the world.
		For a water bird, the coot has an unusual characteristic.
		Instead of having webbed feet to help it move, the coot has a flap on each toe.
	www.nps.gov /miss/features/birding/brdwatch/gallery/coot.html (56 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Fulica americana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The American Coot eats plant materials, some aquatic invertebrates, amphibians, snails, worms, and sometimes eggs from nearby bird nests.
		During the breeding season, the American Coot occurs throughout the United States, except for areas in the eastern mountains.
		The species most similar to the American Coot is the Common Moorhen.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/gruiformes/famericana.html (428 words)

	Birds: The American Coot
		The habit of the Coot is very extensive, covering the whole of North America, middle America, and the West Indies; north to Greenland and Alaska, south to Veragua and Trinidad.
		The Coot is a summer resident in large marshes, and is not often rare in any marshy situation.
		Nelson says the Coot has a curious habit when approached by a boat in a stream, rising often before the boat is within gunshot, and flying directly by the boatman, generally so near that it may be easily brought down.
	www.birdnature.com /mar1898/americancoot.html (474 words)

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