So, I'm getting into the hide with excitement this morning. Little Grebes are floating nearby, coots in some distance. In the early morning dim a splash in the water near my hide and a landing on it indicates that someone else is using my hide as well. The next splash happens right in front of me and I can figure out a kingfisher landing on top my hide! Wow! I haven't met this bird yet on this place. But it cannot be photographed if it settles only on my hide. So I focus on the grebes nearby, on the coots chasing each other farther on and on the flying whiskered terns ...:
Coot
Little Grebe
Young Little Grebe
... waiting to appear on my trunk. Unfortunately none of them is willing to have a rest on it.
However a little grebe chicken appears with one of it's parents asking for the breakfast:
Little Grebe
Little Grebe Chick
Meanwhile the kingfisher appears on the dried stem ...:
Kingfisher
... which I placed there to hide the broken twig of the "real" landing branch. The kingfisher finds it as a good observation point while hunting for small creatures in the water:
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Meanwhile the young whiskered terns appear to land on the branch:
Young Whiskered Tern
Young Whiskered Tern
Kingfisher
The lights are getting strong quickly, so there's no use for staying any longer. This time I've had less opportunity however I'm glad for the kingfisher :)
