Coot photo and two Great Northern Divers!

So I lugged the scope out to digiscope the lone coot that is on day three of its stay in the small pond bordering the golf course. After spending about ten minutes on that (best I managed below...) I scanned the rest of the pond and noted a Tree Swallow high overhead circling the pond. Behind that I caught an extremely distant large bird in sustained flight steadily winging its way north. I got the scope on the bird and my suspicion proved correct and not just one Common Loon, but two of them were bee-lining north across the horizon! Not only does this put me two behind Caleb for the year (#43) but it also puts me only two behind Slager all-time (#79). I'm enjoying the parity while it lasts. Come spring C. P. will be trouncing me with passerines...