This coot is not bald!

"The wind, I can't keep my feathers straight and it is getting tiring standing with my legs so wide apart while I try."

We are having a series of stormy, windy days when you nip out hoping to get a glimpse of something while the sky is briefly blue. We have a small low altitude lake nearby where you can almost guarantee to see some water bird action. This coot had just been chased by another either very cross, or very amorous coot, and she/he had to sort out his/her feathers after that!