(1) When I first visited the Lake in July 2000, there were over 200 coot and great numbers of other birds, including 40 Black Swans.

(2) But I hope you'll indulge an old-fashioned coot like me if I choose to believe otherwise.

(3) One Hickling nest was built on the top of an abandoned coot 's nest and in water so deep that the keeper had difficulty in reaching it clad in thigh waders.

(4) Overall, of the 10 coot eggs that were scored as similar to the host's, five were buried and five were accepted.

(5) He was also an endearingly tetchy coot whose prejudices, passions, and irascibility remained uncompromised over time.

(6) However, the American coot 's most surprising defense against sneaky egg-layers is its ability to count.

(7) Why should the oldest coot in the majority party be the one who is in line for the presidency?

(8) In a few hours, Uncle Ivan, a Mocha Frappuccino-loving old bald coot , was due to arrive.

(9) Other birds I saw near the pond were coot , moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water.

(10) Not even a coot presented itself among the boats and docks, but I finally saw an Osprey at a great distance.

(11) Look, I'm the oldest coot in the business, but even I do not want to just keep reliving the past over and over.

(12) There are the usual species for this wetland habitat mallard, tufted duck, coot , wigeon, teal and mute swan.

(13) So the Jerry and David conversations become warning sessions, not just between a ranting coot and an upstart kid but also between different generations of the same Woody.

(14) Of course, native birds such as the American coot , mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis.

(15) The stubborn coot had me trying for six months, during which I wasn't whipped once.

(16) I remember being badly scratched and bitten by a coot which I had rescued one autumn night after it had dropped through a skylight of a house in Yarmouth, mistaking the glass for water.

(17) Well, then, what in the name of Abraham Lincoln are you coots waiting for?

(18) Even if you're one of the cranky coots who loathe every nanosecond of the prequel trilogy, Clone Wars still qualifies as top-notch.

(19) Can't those poor coots see that you don't know two cents about phrenology?

(20) Swans, herons, coots and oystercatchers are just some of the bird species recently observed, and fish have also seen in at least one of the ponds.