American Coot

Again from the afternoon I spent at Gilbert Water Ranch with Rich and Jim, this is, I believe, the same coot that Jim H. posted catching a fish. A little later, it came in close for portraits. I thought this one captured the sort of silly nature of the coot pretty well.

I appreciate your critiques and comments. Please view the larger version if possible.

Crop to 50% of original (9.0 of 18MP), from horizontal to vertical

f/7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400

Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x, lying down with camera resting on pack.