When me and my brother were young we went to the local lake in winter time. Many of these coots were stuck, frozen to the ice on the lake. Many were hungry and weak. We unstuck them and collected them in big cotton sacks. So at home we had the whole bathroom full with coots! We fed them until they were strong enough again and then released them where we found them. I'm still in awe of our parents tat let us do this..... :-)