go coot...

...go

i'm not sure what startled him - what may have alerted him to any sense of harm or danger... whatever it was though - got him to moving - moving very, very fast... i think this is the closest i've seen a coot come to flying - it was something else - seeing his little body... along with those big 'ole flapping feet - skim across the water - it made for...

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happy day.....