December 2, 2025

Today at the crunchy steps, coots.


Some ducks finding their way into the fringe of coot society, but basically coots.

Crunching on the steps, that's Meade, not me.

Here I am — another coot video'd by Meade:

15 comments:

Peachy said...

Coots.

tcrosse said...

Ducks have cooties.

TaeJohnDo said...

Old coots and rosy cheeks. Your hat's color complements you well.

Big Mike said...

@Althouse, it’s okay to be a coot, as long as you’re not a loon.

We dodged a bullet here. Weather dot com says it’s snowing here in the Shenandoah Valley, but the freeze line must be north of me because what I see out the window is a heavy rain.

RCOCEAN II said...

old coot = harmless person or eccentric. An "Old bird". Not related to "an Odd duck".

Nice to see everyone is healthy and out walking at sunrise.

RCOCEAN II said...

Good to see Althouse has the "Joe Friday Walk" down pat.

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Kakistocracy said...

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Lazarus said...

Do you wanna be a snowman?

pacwest said...

LOL

Rosalyn C. said...

Looking very Nordic!

Prof. M. Drout said...

Coots harvest underwater plants and come back up to the surface to eat them. That's when widgeons rush up to the coots and steal their hard-earned food.

There's a metaphor in there somewhere.

narciso said...

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Begonia said...

I love watching the coots. They remind me of middle schoolers with their squabbling but also need to travel in packs.

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