Fulica americana
American Coots are chunky chicken-like birds with dark to black bodies, red eyes, white bills with a dark ring, and long greenish yellow legs with long toes.
Title: Leucistic American Coot in low light
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/2/2023
Title: Foraging leucistic American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/2/2023
Title: American Coot in a December snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/12/2022
Title: American Coot reflection
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2022
Title: American Coot reflections
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/31/2022
Title: American Coot splashing into the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/4/2022
Title: American Coot about to enter the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/4/2022
Title: American Coot at the edge of an ice shelf
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/4/2022
Title: American Coot in a morning mist
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2022
Title: American Coot looking at its big green feet
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: Adult American Coot getting a sip of water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot watching water droplets fall from its foot
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: Adult American Coot standing on thin ice at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: Adult American Coot checking out ice in the marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot adult with a lifted foot
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot foraging on frosty vegetation
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot eating frosty vegetation while at rest
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot feeding on frosty grasses
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2022
Title: American Coot eating close up
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/25/2021
Title: Snowy American Coot portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/17/2021
Title: February American Coot portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/17/2021
Title: American Coot with snowy background
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/17/2021
Title: Close American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/17/2021
Title: Adult American Coot bathing in icy cold water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/15/2021
Title: Winter American Coot portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/14/2021
Title: Fighting American Coots
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/14/2021
Title: Diving adult American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/24/2020
Title: Adult American Coot on patrol close up
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/23/2020