I live by the canal and it's been very exciting over the past few weeks. I walk along the tow path every few days to the supermarket and have learnt to make sure I have my camera.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u242/queenfishface/feedingstumpy.jpg)
This was their first hour out on the water. I love their stumpy little wings. Unfortunately close up they have baldy heads and bulging eyes but they still got plenty of ahhh's from people walking by.
Not such a pleasant note:- there were three other chicks still clinging to a fallen branch being totally ignored by Mum and Dad. Apparently it really is survival of the fittest if you are a moorhen. :-[
Ahh they are sweet even with their baldy heads & bulging eyes. Why do all ducks seem to be such rotten parents? A few years ago I was watching a family who started off with about 12 ducklings & one by one they all disappeared - not a single one survived.
You live in Warwick you lucky duck. When i lived in Brum was my dream to move there. Love your pics by the way!
Moorhens are horrid to their children!
They kill most of them by drowning them and attacking them. Really sad but I think they generally only let one or two survive and ignore the others - not feeding them and then turning on them when they are weak and holding them under the water.
Nature Eh!
I hope your lot survive!
Old Bird
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