Comments on: What’s that small black duck with a white bill?

By: Jeannette

Jeannette — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:01:08 +0000

P.S. by “around here” I meant western Oregon.

By: Jeannette

Jeannette — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:59:03 +0000

Great post! I have seen a lot of these lately and people around here have been calling them “mud ducks”. I will be sure to politely inform them that they are not ducks, but coots. Thank you.

By: Lynnette and Bob McBride

Lynnette and Bob McBride — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:13:30 +0000

We live in West Bloomfield, MI on a canal that leads into Pine Lake. A pair of unusual looking ducks were swimming by our shoreline and we discovered that they are American Coots. This is the first time in 37 years we have seen American Coots. So how do we get them to get them to show us their feet?!

By: Brett Harper

Brett Harper — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:34:40 +0000

We usually get a couple of packs of these each spring in Ames, IA. They are really fun to watch, great to finally know what their name is! An American Coot, who would’ve thought! Thanks

By: R. Sacco

R. Sacco — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:50:47 +0000

I live on Lake Beulah in SE Wisconsin and just saw my first Coot swimming down by our dock. Your website had a beautiful picture of the great bird I was fortunate to see. it was all along, but will keep looking for more

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:59:57 +0000

Thanks for the great information. My husband and I saw these in the channel between Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake yesterday (4/7/13) and had no idea what they were. Always enjoy seeing new wildlife!

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Shadows of Things to Come ~ Gratitude | Words of Life — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:10:00 +0000

[...] closer I noticed their white beaks and come to find out they are possibly American coots… What’s That Small White Duck with the White Bill? Now the sun has risen higher and an orange glow gleams across the water. The sunlight streams [...]

By: STEPHEN MARCHOK

STEPHEN MARCHOK — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:55:54 +0000

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGH PORTAGE LAKES PARK IN AKRON OHIO.WE PULLED UP TO THE SHALLOW PART OF THE LAKE TO WATCH THE GEESE AND DUCKS.WE SAW WHAT WE THOUIGHT WERE BABY DUCKS. AS THEY SWAM CLOSER WE NOTICED THAT THEY WERE ALL BLACK WITH A WHITE BILL. THEY WERE DIVING DOWN IN THE LAKE.WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF DUCK BEFORE……….LATER WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE AMERICAN COOTS. HOPE WE GET TO SEE THEM AGAIN WHEN WE HAVE A CAMERA WITH US.WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE CLOSE UP. THERE WERE ABOUT FIFTY OF THE IN THE LAKE…….

By: Polly

Polly — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:48:55 +0000

Smokin sum dank kush out on da dock dis mornin den i luked 2 da left n ther it was… a real american COOT! N i wuz lyke whaatttttt… Nvr seen dis so i thot i luk it up!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:51:52 +0000

Today 2/22/13, We saw our first ever American coot today in the crick that feeds our pond in Brecksville OH. What a beautiful bird. It was by itself and at first I thought it was a black duck.