A mainly photographic entry today (though aren't nearly all my posts?), but this time of a young moorhen 'exercising' at the edge of the pond. I could have included a cormorant (I was wrong about his absence yesterday… he's still frequenting the pond), but won't; nor will I include the heron. So it's moorhen time, or portraits of the one of the most ungainly looking chicks in the avian world.
And the proud parent who were watching close by.
One final shot today, and most unusually it doesn't include any wildlife. I took it this morning as the sun shone through the trees across the churchyard. 
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
Cynthia23
20 Aug 2011So NICE the last photo and so funny, sweet and cute the photos of the birds. 🙂
anonymous
20 Aug 2011Anonymous writes:
Ungainly is right. So awkward that it's cute. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Caitlin
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gdare
20 Aug 2011Little beauty 😀
Words
21 Aug 2011Cynthia, thanks!
Words
21 Aug 2011Erwin, thanks!
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21 Aug 2011Darko, thanks!
Words
21 Aug 2011Caitlin, their plumage slowly becomes very sleek, but somehow you never seem to see it happen.
serola
22 Aug 2011Slow motion… 😆 "I just take this one baby step, okay?"
SittingFox
22 Aug 2011😆 How could you do a cartoon of a moorhen chick? It looks an impossible creature even in reality!
Words
22 Aug 2011Adele, you mean they're not cartoons! :faint:
Words
22 Aug 2011Sami, with feet like that they have to be very careful! 😆
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Very nice and cute photos of the Moorhen young