American Coot Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: American Coots are one of those species you just take for granted. We have so many of them, from early spring through late fall. My favorite photo is of an adult American Coot and a youngster, from Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado in 2018.

American Coot - Fulica americana


American Coot 1	American Coot 2	American Coot 3	American Coot 4
April 8th, 2019	October 9th, 2006	May 27th, 2007	April 8th, 2019
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Lone adult forging on wetland edge	Single bird swimming in open choppy water	Profile of bird swimming on a sunny day	Bird walking along fallen cattails in wetland habitat

American Coot 5	American Coot 6	American Coot 7	American Coot 8
May 27th, 2007	July 20th, 2008	December 17th, 2009	April 11th, 2010
Lincoln County, South Dakota	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California	Lincoln County, South Dakota
Adult swimming on a sunny day	Fuzzy juvenile profile in herbaceous wetland	Adult bird posing in sunlight	Pair of birds walking along the wetland edge

American Coot 9	American Coot 10	American Coot 11	American Coot 12
July 5th, 2010	April 6th, 2014	July 29th, 2018	July 29th, 2018
LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota	Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Fuzzy baby swimming in open water	Profile of adult bird	Immature bird swimming in duckweed	Profile of young bird swimming in duckweed

American Coot 13	American Coot 14	American Coot 15	American Coot 16
June 20th, 2018	June 20th, 2018	April 13th, 2019	April 22nd, 2018
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado	Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Parent and young meeting face to face	Parent feeding young on flower covered pond	Adult walking on dead cattails on water's edge	Profile of adult with reflection on still water

American Coot 17
July 5th, 2020
Hughes County, South Dakota
Adult on nest in dense habitat, with eggs visible