Pat Martin, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (September theme: Little things)

Eurasian Coot chicks have an appearance that only a mother could think beautiful. It's hard to see how they could ever turn into something as sleek looking as their parents (apart from their enormous feet which are hidden here.) The nest is floating about 20 metres from the shore of the urban lake where they breed.

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