lmao, american coot aka mudhen, i don't understand how any possible family history can result in a person whose family owns a farm in western ks but hasn't seen a jackrabbit, good-looking cows over there.
Thank you for identifying the duck.
My history on the farm is basically spending a week out there in the summer between 4-7th grade + random holidays.
My gpa always told me to i could kill any rabbits i saw but if i saw a jackrabbit i had to kill it immediately. He grew up in the dustbowl/great depression and would shoot any Jackrabbit on site but i never saw any when i was out visiting.
Never was allowed to meander almost a mile away from the house as a pre-teen city boy to check out the "Creek" so seeing ducks out there is a new thing to me.
Thats why I post in this thread. To learn the difference between mountain lions/bobcats and ask people with real WKS what these tiny ducks are out in the pasture.