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.
Coot (software) which provides access from both the Python and Guile scripting languages. The CCP4mg molecular graphics software from Collaborative Computational Project Number 4 is a related project with which Coot shares some code. The projects are focused on slightly different problems, with CCP4mg dealing with presentation graphics and movies, whereas Coot deals with model building and validation. The software has gained considerable popularity over the past 5 years, overtaking widely used packages such as 'O', XtalView, and Turbo Frodo. The primary publication has been cited in over 10,000 independent scientific papers since 2004. Coot (software) The program Coot (Crystallographic Object-Oriented Toolkit)