I saw some black duck-like things in the park that I'd never seen before so had to google "black ducks with white bills"
Coots apparently.

I am 34.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 27 May 2021, 16:15, archived)

Mad as a coot, proper little nutters those. I nursed one back to health over a summer of 4 day week fishing. Gimpy I named him. Woke up one day with it sitting on my chest pecking me freaked me right out

( mongychops, Thu 27 May 2021, 16:44, archived)

aww
I once slept at a mates and woke up to find his cat stood on my chest staring right in my eyes from about 2 inches away.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 27 May 2021, 17:09, archived)