Feeding time for baby Moorhens

[Deebo]

Some pictures of dad feeding the lil ones

2 Babies:

Getting a tasty worm for lunch:

Cheers, Dee

 

[Antarctican]

Dee, these are wonderful!! I don't think I've ever seen a moorhen, and I definitely haven't seen baby moorhens before (as I'd definitely remember seeing that!) They sure are funny looking babies. Thanks for sharing these.

 

[d1a1s1]

Beautiful shots. Talk about a face only a mother could love!

 

[Alex_B]

quite nice the second one is a crop from the last one?

could the white balance be slightly off? nicely captured moments though.

 

[NJMAN]

These are SOOOOOOO great! Excellent captures. :thumbup:

NJ

 

[Deebo]

Cheers Guys, these lil boys are horrible lil things. But in a strange way cute.

Alex- yes one is a crop from the other.

Thanks, Dee

 

[Blairc]

I hate to be picky, but the adults are actually Coots! I don't know why they are looking after Moorhen chicks though...

I love the shots, very good detail of the chicks and composed well with colour.

 

[Alex_B]

I hate to be picky, but the adults are actually Coots! I don't know why they are looking after Moorhen chicks though...

Is that true? I was wondering why they looked so different

 

[Deebo]

Hi Blair, I believe you are right. I may have got confused, as the MoorHen and Coots are very similar, one has white beak and the other red is usually how I distingush them.