Water Grackles

Edward Jendrek (aj97@bellatlantic.net)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:55:53 +0000


I thought coots were more eloquently and exotically termed "Ivory-Billed
Rails?"

Brian Monk
Bel Air MD

arnold stanley wrote:

> When Joe Halpin and I did five CBCs in Texas a year ago, we learned about
> WATER GRACKLES.  These were none other than American Coots.  When it came
> to noise, color and sheer numbers, the analogy seemed quite
> appropriate (the Laguna Atascosa CBC tallied 60,000 that year).
>
> Stan Arnold
> Glen Burnie, MD