Four Shots of a Juvenile Moorhen

By Paul Cecil | Published October 8, 2011

A quick picture post. of a friendly young moorhen seen today.


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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8 Comments

  1. anonymous October 8, 2011 at 2:10 pm #

    Anonymous writes:

    She looks very sweet 🙂 Are moorhens swimming or wading birds? I don't know of any similar birds here in Ontario.

  2. SittingFox October 9, 2011 at 4:10 pm #

    The feet still look odd, even at that age :alien:

  3. Words October 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm #

    Erwin, they should do ok. It generally stays quite mild this far south. Last year was an exception though!

  4. Words October 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm #

    Adele, couldn't agree more!

  5. Words October 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm #

    Anon, they are members of the rail family, so I guess that makes them swimming birds. They're related to coots, which I think you may have in Canada.

  6. gdare October 10, 2011 at 8:10 pm #

    At least they look like birds now :left:

  7. Words October 12, 2011 at 9:10 pm #

    Darko, yes, that certainly helps. They really do change so much as they grow up.

  8. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Very nice let hope It will surviving the winter