American coot old. The American coot is a migratory bird that occupies most of North America. It lives in the Pacific and southwestern United States and Mexico year-round and occupies more northeastern regions during the summer breeding season. In the winter they can be found as far south as Panama. Coots generally build floating nests and lay 8–12 eggs per clutch. Females and males have similar appearances, but they can be distinguished during aggressive displays by the larger ruff (head plumage) on the male. American coots eat primarily algae and other aquatic plants but also animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates) when available.
Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha Mount Coot-tha was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia from 1950 to 2017. The electoral district encompassed suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Red Hill, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong, Kelvin Grove, and Ashgrove. The district took its name from nearby Mount Coot-tha. Mount Coot-tha was consistently the strongest-performing Queensland state seat for the Greens — 22.2 percent in 2015, 20.7 percent in 2012 and 23.1 percent in 2009. Mount Coot-tha was abolished in a redistribution in 2016 which took effect