Saturday, May 18, 2019

Caught my eye

I was quietly reading the other evening, past dusk but with the curtains open, when my attention was drawn by a quick movement outside.  On the grass was a tiny fluffy black ball with huge feet, moving at tremendous speed.
Taking off my reading glasses I saw that it was a moorhen chick, looking for its mum - which it quickly found as it zigzag-ed around the garden then back towards the wetland. 
The photo here captures just the kind of chick I saw (image from here).

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    1. Yes, they look just right though for walking across water lily leaves. They seem to come out of their egg with full size feet and just grow the rest of themselves to fit.

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