He's a coot!
During a walk in the Back Bay of Newport Beach, this feathered friend was spotted. While it is often confused as duck, the American coot, Fulica americana, is actually a bird. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step to facilitate walking on dry land. Very skittish and also know as mud hens, coots can be found throughout all of North America. On being spotted, this coot, paddling away, non-verbaled, "Sorry, but I gotta run!"
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