How about a little Saturday cootness, because they're just so coot. Just look at those coot red eyes and that coot white beak. On a rare, still day here in northern Illinois, an American Coot relaxes between dives foraging for some grub.

Always wondered where the term "Old Coot" came from, and a little research does indeed lead to the bird. Coots will bob their heads like hens as they walk and swim, and during the 1700s the phrase came to denote "a harmless, simple person" (or in modern times an affectionate term for elderly men). American Coots (these images) may resemble ducks . . .