HI:
Coots are kleptoparasites of waterfowl (the coots steal food from
waterfowl), so maybe that's why waterfowl tend to avoid them? There's
nothing funnier in nature then a startled herd of coots running across a
lawn trying to get back into the water!


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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way!"