The next coot nesting site along, the same morning as yesterday’s post. Another coot stuck on the nest brooding. It also had an appropriately-sized piece of paper already resting on the nest.
Shortly after the previous bird started moving its paper to form a cover, this one began the same routine. Perhaps the paper was more awkward to control, or maybe the bird was less confident in what it was doing. Perhaps it was less of an issue: the tree above the nest gave more cover. Whatever the reason, this coot seemed to end up with less complete cover, and to have taken more effort in the process.