Maybe you'll be like the old coots.

或者是像这群老糊涂虫一样。

But I don't mean to bore you with my old coot stories here.

但是我也不打算讲我那些老掉牙的故事，让你们觉得厌烦。

The wildlife area is a wetland that protects endangered birds like the Hawaiian stilt and the Hawaiian coot.

该野生动物区是一片湿地，保护着夷长脚鹬夷骨顶等濒危鸟类。

Fred Tompkins once cooked a coot liver and gizzard pilau at the Creek.

弗雷德·汤普金斯 (Fred Tompkins) 曾经在小 (Creek) 烹制过白骨肝砂胗肉饼。

Hey. When it comes to physics, I'm practically a coot.

若要论物理领域 我也算是老师傅了。

But the cool thing, I think, is that for these coots, it's not trash.

但我认为有趣的是，对于这些白骨顶鸡来说，这些并不是垃圾。

The rest of the Creek considers coots almost as edible as ducks.

小的其他人认为黑顶鸭几乎鸭子一样可食用。

It was very good, and the only time I have been able to down coot in any form.

这非常好， 也是我唯一一次能够以任何形式放下傻瓜。

When it comes to building their nests, coots are not fussy.

在筑巢方面，秧鸡并不挑剔。

Oh, stop acting like I'm some stodgy old coot. I've grown.

别总觉得我是个老顽固 我已经进步了。

However, every face mask has these elastic bands, which are very easy for these cute but dinosaur-like big coots feet to get entangled in.

然而， 每个口罩都带有这些弹性带，对于这些既可爱龙般体型庞大的白骨顶鸟来说， 它们的脚很容易被这些弹性带缠住。

But when it comes to researching coots, which are black, duck-sized birds with red eyes and huge feet, Aukar Florian Heemstra is fussy.

然而，在研究黑羽、鸭子大小、红眼巨足的骨顶鸟时，奥卡尔·弗洛里安·希姆斯特拉却格外讲究。

Elke Florian Heemstra is an urban biologist whose recent research looks into the garbage that coots use to build their nests.

埃尔克·弗洛里安·希姆斯特拉是一位城市生物学家，他最近的研究聚焦于骨顶鸡用于筑巢的垃圾。

Just as I suspected Up to your old tricks again a shredder you crazy old coot It's time to let it go old friend.

正如我所料，你在耍老把戏了，碎纸机，你这个疯老头。是时候放下过去，老朋友，放手吧。

His research focuses specifically on the things that end up in the nests of coots, including anti-bird spikes, which he told us about in 2023.

他的研究特别关注那些最终出现在骨顶鸡巢穴中的物品，包括防鸟刺， 这一点他在2023年曾向我们提及。

Now, Mr. Heemstra's work is joining biology and history together, because it turns out coots also use a lot of garbage to build their nests.

现在， 希姆斯特拉先生的研究将生物学与历史结合起来，因为事实证明， 骨顶鸡在筑巢时也大量使用垃圾。

Even Little Will begs off from his morning's work and goes to the hammock for squirrels or to the Creek edge for ducks or coots.

就连 Little Will 也放弃了他早上的工作， 去吊床上捉松鼠， 或者去边捉鸭子或白顶鸭。

Now it might be kind of " loony" or even a little " coo coo" that Doppler " coot" be swift to green graphics of almost " aunniething" that would fly.

现在，它可能是一种" 疯狂" ，甚至有点“古怪" ，以至于都卜勒" 鸟" 会迅速飞向绿色图形，几乎是" 任何东西”的绿色图形。

Then the nest goes back to the start of the 90s and actually at the end of the 80s the first coots came into the city of Amsterdam.

这个巢追溯到了90年代初，实际上是在80年代末，第一批骨顶鸡首次进入了阿姆斯特丹市。

I have followed Martha's directions faithfully, soaking the coots overnight in vinegar-water and parboiling with soda before roasting, but they still taste rankly of the marsh mud on which they have fed.

我忠实地遵循了玛莎的指示，在醋水中浸泡一夜，并在烘烤前用苏打水煮沸，但它们仍然尝起来像它们吃过的沼泽泥一样难闻。