The story of the lost Moorhen chicks

[Ian]

Three lost moorhen chicks perched on a ladder.


Parent 1 comes to the rescue!


Along with baby 4...


Parent 2 arrives and all are back together - sort of (one is still perched on the ladder and NO.4 is just entering the frame stage right!)

Ian

[Pol]

Re: The story of the lost Moorhen chicks

Aaaaaah, poor little things. It's always nice when mum and dad come to find you when yer a littl'un. But they did as they were taught and waited together until mum and dad came to get them.

Nice little story.

Pol

[Pops]

Re: The story of the lost Moorhen chicks

Bet they got a good telling off from dad

[Ian]

Re: The story of the lost Moorhen chicks

I'm sorry about the poor technical quality of these shots as I was using a camera a) I was not familiar with and b) I didn't have enough telephoto reach!

Moorhens are surprisingly loud when they need to be - and there was a lot of 'honking' - for want of a better word going on until they all found each other again.

It's also strange that they, and coots (which I believe are related), have huge feet that aren't webbed for paddling.

Ian