Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals ...

These adaptations may increase their reproductive success—or indicate that natural building materials ... in the wild. Black kites consistently selected white for their nests and ignored the ...

The Eurasian coot, a round and black waterbird with a white beak ... In the wild, coots usually avoid reusing their nests, as their preferred building materials are typically fast-decaying ...