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American Coot

Fulica americana

Photo by beaker98
Published on Project Noah
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41.4542, -90.0608

Field Notes

Habitat:

Backwaters of the Mississippi River above Lock and Dam #13

Notes:

Coots were feeding in the shallows by the hundreds. They seem much less fearful than many of the other migratory birds.

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