This cache is only accessible on the bike trail. There is no parking or stopping on PCH. You do not need to jump the guard rail and wonder toward the railraod tracks. You can find the cache with two feet on the bike path!
The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent, and they often mix with ducks.
- Although it swims like a duck, the American Coot does not have webbed feet like a duck. Instead, each one of the coot’s long toes has broad lobes of skin that help it kick through the water. The broad lobes fold back each time the bird lifts its foot, so it doesn’t impede walking on dry land, though it supports the bird’s weight on mucky ground.
- American Coots in the winter can be found in rafts of mixed waterfowl and in groups numbering up to several thousand individuals.
Source: allaboutbirds