Baby Coot: Photo Of The Day

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — Patch reader and local photographer Bob Thompson captured this photo of a coot chick hiding in the reeds at Guajome Regional Park.

"After I took this pic, this little one beat its featherless arms rapidly, trying to fly," he said.

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