TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

American Coots American Coots- Fulica americana American Coots- Fulica americana, Order GRUIFORMES - Family RALLIDAE. Not a duck but a waterbird. It is in the Rail family. Does not have webbed feet. Note the white bill with a black mark near tip. The bill is triangular. Migrating through Ohio. These birds were spotted in the Shaker Trace Wetlands in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. (Photo: March 7, 2004) For More Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Coot_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.