What the Coot...!?? or - Coot de Grace!

American Coots seem almost ubiquitous in our travels throughout North & Central America... but I didn't expect to see them in Death Valley!  Sure enough, they've discovered the golf course pond by Furnace Creek.  And the coyotes have discovered the coots!!  Here's what we witnessed on two consecutive days while watching birds at the Audubon viewing platform (location 36°27'43.4"N 116°52'28.1"W)