My youngest son turns out to share my joy for photography! He likes to go out the front door and “sneak attack” the birds. The little birds can hear the sliding glass door open and seem to assume that the dog will be the first to greet them and they fly away quickly.

Here is a photo of his attempt this morning of some darling little coots on the yard. They have the tiniest little stick legs and TINY little web feet. They sort of look like Quail up on the grass.

As soon as they got a drift of the sneak photographer – the flew away – or did they run away?