Thanks Ken, Jim, Birdie, Tim and Chris.
American coot family? Me no know. My bird ID skills are simple: in the air? Eagle. On the water? Duck. Everything else is an LBBJ (little brown bird jobbie).
Charlie
Thanks Ken, Eric, Don, Tom, Vince and Rob.
This guy was a delightful surprise. I had to look up the species name when I got home- I'd never seen one on the west coast (probably because they don't live there ).
Charlie