{"id":2007,"date":"2011-08-01T22:08:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2007"},"modified":"2013-11-08T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T21:55:59","slug":"another-clutch-of-moorhen-chicks-and-other-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/another-clutch-of-moorhen-chicks-and-other-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Clutch of Moorhen Chicks and other photos…"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It's Summer!!!! A blazing hot day with at least another day like it to follow. And out in the early morning sunshine, by the fields, a young blue tit was twig-sitting.
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Meanwhile, over to Falmer Pond the heron was back, and given last week's performance<\/a> I have a feeling it's not planning on taking too much notice of this sign.
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There's also yet another family of moorhens. This is the third brood this year, and the chicks are tiny. Tiny, but greedy \ud83d\ude09
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They look well behaved and orderly in that shot. It's not always so polite. Watch the one on the right in this sequence. I've named him David Moorhen, a world-class athlete in the making. He's already got the 500mm record<\/a> covered.
<\/span> Coming up to the start line<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> On your marks!<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Set! … Hold it, hold it….<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> …. er… Go!<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in the day… at home on the nest.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,1,989],"tags":[45,1179,714],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-uncategorized","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-blue-tit","tag-heron","tag-moorhen-chick","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t