Anyone Want to Play Ball?

“Come on Mr. Coot, play ball with me!” said Davy Dabchick!

 

“No,” replied Carl Coot, “Can’t you see I’m washing my feathers!”

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Oh What A Coot!

So there I was at Marsworth reservoir, when a story began to unfold…..

Mrs. Coot was out with Calendra, her daughter, teaching her how to duck for tasty river weed…

“That’s right Calendra,” bipped Mrs. Coot (for that’s the noise they make), “Just give it a peck and Bob’s your uncle!”

It wasn’t long before Calendra felt she could branch out on her own and collect her own river weed!

 

Calendra spotted a particularly tasty looking bit and off she went!

Calendra bipped with elation on surfacing with some yummy river weed!

She suddenly realised that the river weed was stuck on something…

She pulled and pulled!

 

It was then that her other reservoir friends noticed that she could be in trouble!

Garamundi Grebe shouted “Don’t pull it Calendra….don’t pull!”

Cadwina Cormorant flapped and waved and flapped and waved all to no avail!

Rodrigo Red Kite peeeeoooo’d (for that’s the noise they make!) “Don’t pull it Calendra!”

 

Calendra didn’t hear any of them so intent was she on getting that river weed!

She gave the river weed another damned good pull….

….and all of a sudden noticed an unpleasant pulling in her nether regions!!

“What the….who the….How the….?” she bipped as she began to realise she was in danger of sinking!!!

Which is just what happened!

Oh Dear!

 

But without wishing to cut a long story short…..Don’t worry…..Calendra was fine after being rescued by her daddy, Mr. Coot, who decided for safety reasons to accompany Calendra whenever she went river weed fishing!

Ah! The whole family!

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Wordless Wednesday

Wordless except to say I got rather caught up in the beautiful colours on a coot’s foot underwater!!!

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Here’s the link to madness……

What a Coot!

Whilst out walking by a lake today I noticed several wildfowl entertaining themselves!

“Oy Callum!” shouted Cornelius from the right side of the picture(!), “How about a race?”
“Ok!” said Callum perhaps a little unenthusiastically!

Cornelius set about organising Callum to the starting place….

“Righty-ho!” said Cornelius, ‘I found just the spot to start the race, over here Callum!”
Callum, however was not listening!

Eventually Callum sauntered over trying to look cool as he had just fallen through the ice!

The race began and it has to be said that Cornelius stormed ahead!

Callum fell behind mostly due to his decision to hop rather than run!

The winner……

“You’re the man….you’re the man!” chanted Cornelius to his reflection in the ice!

That’s All!

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