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[Willow]

i went to check the ducks this afternoon and they had a freind swimming around with them on the pond.. a little moorhen!!
I know they're supposed to be common etc.. but what a stunning little bird!! I'm chuffed

[kate egg]

Ah that's sweet, i wonder if she will stay with you?

[Willow]

I doubt it, but it would be lovely.... we've left the area behind the pond 'wild', its totally overgrown and we dont touch it at all, she / he disapeared into that undergrowth after a while.. I was just amazed at how colourful they are.. I'd never realy looked at one before.

[seahorse]

She might come back there to have her babies next year, or , he could bring his wife with him to nest next year!!! Their babies are just sooooo cute and fluffy..aah. Lucky you

[wendy]

and don't they have huge feet !
Wendy

[saint-spoon]

I love moorhens.
When I’m out fishing in spring it’s one of the delights seeing the baby moorhens tagging along behind mummy. They have a most bizarre call in the twilight hours, a sort of squawky shriek, very different to the cooing sound they make during the day but not unpleasant. Keep us posted on her/him.

[Richard]

The smaller they are, the cuter - and often more intelligent don't you find.

Wendy mentioned the Wren on the Squirrel thread.
I have a nest just above the Kitchen window and if I'm using the Laptop in there, I see them sitting on a bit of the TV Aerial Cable in full view before they go in the Nest, usually with a twig in the mouth.

It's quite rare to get a decent view of them as tey're so quick, so I class myself as being so lucky.

Things like these give you far more of a kick than a lot of things you spend money on!

[kate egg]

My bird table was a gift from middle son a couple of years ago and I get so much pleasure from it. We live in a bungalow and the table is just outside my bedroom window, so whenever I wake, if its light I can look out and see the birds having their brekkie (Don't shut the curtains as our bedroom is at the back and not overlooked at all )

[Willow]

Great isnt it? I spent ages the other day watching a tiny Tit getting the seeds from a dry sunflower we have near the kitchen window....

[Willow]

and don't they have huge feet !
Wendy

I didn't see its feet Wendy, just a quick glimps as it was swimming with the ducks then it shot under some overhanging plants.. I saw it again when this little black head appeared with a brilliant red forehead / beak and a bright yellow beak tip.. stunning..

[Dave]

and don't they have huge feet !
Wendy

and we know what that means

[Willow]

and don't they have huge feet !
Wendy

and we know what that means

Dave do you want to spend a fourtnight in the naughty corner???