A cheeky coot hitched a ride on the back of a duck while the birds were being fed in a park pond. Ian Baddiley shot footage of the coot in Osborne Pond in Shipley Country Park, Derbyshire, on the ...

What looks like a duck, floats like a duck and swims like a duck, isn’t always a duck! My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern ...

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American coots hang out with ducks, and so it is tempting to describe the coot as an odd duck. But the coot is not a duck at all but a member of the rail family. It's more closely related to moorhens, ...

While I was strolling around the lake one evening, I observed a young woman being mobbed by a crowd of avian groupies. They were about the size of a chicken with dark gray feathers, bright-white bills ...

My wife Terri and I were driving to Walla Walla the other day and as we drove along the Columbia River below Pasco, I looked out on the river and saw a huge raft of birds swimming around. At first, I ...

Phase one of duck and coot hunting season runs Wednesday through Sunday. Shooting hours for waterfowl are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. The second phase is Dec. 15-Jan. 18, with daily ...

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division asked for the public’s help Monday as it seeks information to identify the person(s) responsible for the unlawful killing of 15 to 20 coot ducks near ...

The first phase of the duck and coot season begins Wednesday, and state wildlife officials remind hunters of smaller bag limits this year. Florida waterfowl hunters are limited to taking ducks whose ...

American coots hang out with ducks, and so it is tempting to describe the coot as an odd duck. But the coot is not a duck at all but a member of the rail family. It's more closely related to moorhens, ...

MISSOURI – One of fall’s most popular hunting seasons begins Saturday in Missouri. Duck and coot hunting will start 30 minutes before sunrise Saturday morning. It includes northern and middle hunting ...