First time in 30 years coots showed up here. In the san joaquin valley of my youth they were by the millions. If you squeeze the mud out of them , mix it with flour and fry it ,the taste will be the same as the coot!
Had a flight of greenwings wheel about 30 yards out. Shot one with a 2 dollar round. When i picked it up it turned into a merganser! Tried to give it to my lab and she spit it out and walked off with a glare😆

the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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