Boulder Fire-Rescue crews informed nearby residents that they may notice smoke from a burn north of Coot Lake on Friday. According to Boulder Fire-Rescue’s post on X, fire crews are conducting a ...

My wife Terri and I were driving to Walla Walla the other day and as we drove along the Columbia River below Pasco, I looked out on the river and saw a huge raft of birds swimming around. At first, I ...

Is it a bird, a duck, a cross between a duck, bird and chicken? On land coots look somewhat comical, especially how they walk; sort of like a cross between a chicken and a duck. One close encounter ...

Calling someone an old coot may be a compliment to their ingenuity. American coots possess cognitive skill enabling them to discern their own chicks from impostors. The wetland birds use hatching ...