A little love for the coot

It was a Monday like most Mondays during waterfowl season for the past decade. I hunted the Shiawassee State Game Area southwest of Saginaw, Mich. Ducks weren’t flying, even though the day started out rainy and finished with winds in the 12- to 20-mph range (albeit from the southwest). We ended up with just five ducks on an otherwise quiet afternoon.
Although the ducks were scarce, stale, or both, we saw coverts of coots tootling around doing whatever it is that makes coots happy.

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