Having Your Ducks in a Row American Coots
by Peggy Franz
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Having Your Ducks in a Row American Coots
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Peggy Franz
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Photograph - Photography
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Captured these along the Mississippi River. Just amazing they are.These ducks are called American Coots.Although it swims like a duck, the American Coot does not have webbed feet like a duck. Instead, each one of the coot’s long toes has broad lobes of skin that help it kick through the water. The broad lobes fold back each time the bird lifts its foot, so it doesn’t impede walking on dry land, though it supports the bird’s weight on mucky ground.American Coots in the winter can be found in rafts of mixed waterfowl and in groups numbering up to several thousand individuals.
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October 29th, 2013
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