{"id":20417,"date":"2014-04-08T22:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20417"},"modified":"2014-04-08T22:19:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:19:00","slug":"baby-moorhens-at-falmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/baby-moorhens-at-falmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Moorhens at Falmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted, a combination of circumstances, poor weather and very few decent photos. Still, a break is like a punctuation and so it was good to have something new to photograph. New as in ‘new born’. <\/p>\n

I’ve been watching the Falmer moorhens nesting for the past few weeks. A nice secure spot, largely hidden by overhanging branches. I looked again today and the place was buzzing… with tiny little moorhen chicks. I counted 6 or 7, but as they were already up and about, there may actually be more than that. Here are a few of the photos of what I still think are possibly the ugliest baby birds on the planet… but certainly among the cutest! <\/p>\n

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Paddling in the shallow water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The lookout gang!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Proud mum and chicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Feeding time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There you go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted, a combination of circumstances, poor weather and very few decent photos. Still, a break is like a punctuation and so it was good to have something new to photograph. New as in ‘new born’. I’ve been watching the Falmer moorhens nesting for the past few weeks. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[424,1172],"class_list":["post-20417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-chicks","tag-moorhen","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