Saturday, 4 August 2012
Moorhen chicks
We had a lovely walk along the Union Canal today. It's so warm and sunny it feels like summer (which of course it is, but this year it has rarely felt like it!)! The meadow-sweet and great hairy willow-herb were in full bloom and buzzing with bees.
We were so happy to see this moorhen with her chicks! The photo isn't brilliant as we couldn't get very close to the birds.
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August
a message from Scotland
says it feels like summer
[Around here, August is summer.]
Bill - it's summer here too, it's just that this year it hasn't felt like it very often!
Hi Juliet,
So glad that you have a summers day there and that you were able to enjoy getting out and about.
Love the little chicks.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Very fond of moorhens, coots a bit less so, as I understand they bully moorhens!
Hi Lucy, coots are such bullies, they're so cruel to their own chicks very often...
Sweet little babies following mom.
A little town in Minnesota has an annual "Coot Feed". They serve game meats and also some coot (a lot of folks call them mud hens). I understand they taste awful!
Oh, dear. I'm sorry to hear about the coots' bad behavior. That's what we have, though only in the winter. I've seen the moorhens, though, and I'm delighted to have this glimpse of the chicks.
The cycles of the seasons, and the renewal of life is marvelous. We'd better be paying attention before we muck it up entirely.
A great sighting, to see the moorhen and her chicks.
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