Coots! | Funny Feet and Family Drama

Coots are peculiar birds that often mingle with ducks and other waterfowl. Despite this close association, they are quite different than their fellow pond mates. With funny feet, a bill that travels up their forehead, weird looking chicks and a brutally harsh parenting style, coots are definitely in a class of their own.

Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
More coots and where to find them 00:51
Rails, not ducks & similar species 01:45
Those feet! 02:06
Weird looking chicks 03:29
The not nice part: Grim parenting style 04:31
Conspecific brood parasites 06:05
Conclusion 06:18


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Credits in order of appearance:
Introduction
-American coot by BellCan68 from Pixabay.com

More coots and where to find them
-Australian coot by blueringmedia from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by Artush from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by Artur Bogacki from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-American coot by Bell Alvarez from Pixabay.com

Rails, not ducks & similar species
-Common gallinule by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren from Flickr.com
-Common gallinule by Susan Young from Flickr.com, public domain

Those feet!
-Eurasian coot by madmickandmo from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot on water by Natural-Habitat from Pixabay.com
-Eurasian coot on land by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay.com
-Pair of coots walking by BlackBoxGuild from Videvo.net
-Eurasian coot walking in mud by Photopixel from Canva.com
-Coot running across water by BlackBoxGuild from Videvo.net
-Two coots fighting by Alexas_Fotos from PIxabay.com
-Coots fighting by Anahita-Daklani Zheleva from Canva.com
-American coots fighting by Gary Gray from Canva.com

Weird looking chicks
-Eurasian coot chick and parent by lookyfilm from Canva.com
-Coot chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot parent feeding chick by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot chick by SanderMeertins from Canva.com
-3 coot chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot adults at nest by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot parent and chicks in nest by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

The not nice part: Grim parenting style
-American coot on nest by akchamczuk from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot parents feeding chicks by eleser from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot on nest by Bernard Bialorucki from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot parent feeding 2 chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Eurasian coot parent feeding 3 chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-American coot by BellCan68 from Pixabay.com

Conspecific brood parasites
-Coot on nest and tortoise by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

Conclusion
-Group of Eurasian coots by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

Thumbnail photo credit: American coot by passion4nature from Canva.com