American Coot
The American coot is a very common water bird found throught North America. Often found among ducks, it is actually not a duck at all, but a member of the rail family. This one was photographed near the base of the Nisqually River as it joins Washington's Puget Sound.
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- © 2013
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- 4288x2848 / 7.7MB
- Keywords
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American coot, Animalia, Chordata, Fulica, Fulica americana, Gruiformes, NWR, National Wildlife Refuge, Neoaves, Neognathae, Neornithes, Nisqually, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, PNW, Rallidae, Thurston County, Washington, animal, ave, aves, avian, beak, beakaquatic, beautiful, beauty, birdwatching, black, cooter, feather, fowl, migratory, natural, nature, ornithology, rail, red eye, swamp chicken, vertebrate, waterfowl, white bill, wildlife, wing, winter
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- Rails
