American Coot

I went to a little fall festival with my sister a couple days ago and we walked around the botanical gardens in the city. On the lake there waere plenty of species of ducks too look at, but we also happed to spot something that was NOT a duck! The american coot! I am not gunna lie, because it was in the water with other ducks, I thought it was also a duck. I looked it up anyway to see if it was a special species or something, and found this cool bird! I kind of wish that we were able to see its legs though. They look like nasty plant matter.

When I looked up its description, the merlin birding app called it "incredibly lobed" which I thought was funny. They also compare it to a chicken - perhaps the author was either especially fond of this species, or a hater. I want to cook and eat their legs.