{"id":20513,"date":"2014-04-23T23:47:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T22:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20513"},"modified":"2014-04-23T23:47:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T22:47:24","slug":"feeding-the-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/feeding-the-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding the Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was back at Falmer Pond today, checking out how the little moorhen chicks are coming along. A second nest has appeared, but I can’t make my mind up whether this is for a new brood or simply that the original family has moved home. I’ve not seen any activity on the original nest, but that could simply be a matter of timing. The chicks are doing fine, and the adults are still busy making sure they get their vitamins.<\/p>\n

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Spending so much time skulking around the edge of the pond (me, that is) it’s impossible not to see the true skulkers (rats, that is) dashing in and out of the undergrowth. This is the cutest of the photos from today.<\/p>\n

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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":"

I was back at Falmer Pond today, checking out how the little moorhen chicks are coming along. A second nest has appeared, but I can’t make my mind up whether this is for a new brood or simply that the original family has moved home. I’ve not seen any activity on the original nest, but […]<\/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":[781,989],"tags":[1177,1172,714,1183],"class_list":["post-20513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rats","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-chick","tag-moorhen","tag-moorhen-chick","tag-rat","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