Talk:American Coot

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The first paragraph describes the coot as a large waterbird. Is this accurate? If it's the same creature that's often called a mud hen, the ones we have in California are rather small – smaller than gulls and mallards, for instance. Cognita 03:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)