This morning as I was about to shower, I heard the dogs in the back yard barking and going nuts. I figure the horse or horses are in the back yard or something... its happened. So I go out and one lab is soaking wet from a refreshing swim in the 40 degree morning air and the other two labs are barking at the pool.
A half grown American Coot. I thought it was a duck, but apparently Coots don't have webbed feet, they have these weird feet.
She (or he) was sticking close to our Mallard pool chlorinator. Apparently they were in love.
After a quick call to the neighborhood animal rescuer and bird expert, Steph, we caught her with the pool net and she was relocated to the pond. Never a dull moment around here.
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