American Coot

junkdigger · Oct 9, 2007

OK,Guess I can't post three photos on one post?! Here is an American Coot. Dozens of them at the lake today.

CarolinaDigs · Oct 9, 2007

Thanks for sharing

I've never seen this bird before !

fossis · Oct 9, 2007

Good shot, for some reason, they are called
'Di Dappers' here.

Fossis.............

E59 · Oct 10, 2007

I thought there was going to be a picture of an old man, not a bird. Around here we call old farts old coots!

bigfish31 · Oct 11, 2007

Not very tasty.

junkdigger · Oct 11, 2007

Ooh,Bigfish,did you try it?

wesfrye53 · Oct 11, 2007

hey Junk...when the title said "American Coot" I thought you had a pic of a guy I work with!

Nice photo

Cubfan64 · Oct 12, 2007

Hehe - I was expecting a photo of my dad

bigfish31 · Oct 12, 2007

I saw an old guy while hunting a refuge in ca. that had a limit of coot on his straps. He said he eats the gizzards, and they are huge.