Australasia Coot

I have had a really super day. A photography friend and her husband came with me up to lake Macgregor where another friend was goingto row me out to take photos of Grebes however the wind was blowing and the lake was rough.
So instead we had the most amazing time photographing these coots. Parents and three 18 day old chicks and we literally sat beside them. My friend who camps up there is down watching them everyday so they were not one bit afraid of us.
I have put this one up just so you could see their feet and the size of them. We took heaps of them feeding their chicks and rebuilding their nest that had got washed away. I tell you they were fascinating. The load of weed they dragged to build their nest was awesome for the size of them' We stayed to see the sunset which came to not much and then an hour and a quarter drive home. Just on midnight and I am ready for bed so have grabbed the first shot that looked OK./ So ends a perfect day