Moments From Nature's Secrets

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Mikepércs: Water Rails

Another try at the pond.
Not long after I get into the hide, young water rails are coming out of the little "reed-mace forest" nearby. However it is too dark for photography. But I can see young wagtails, sedge warblers, marsh warblers and bluethroats as well. At the first lights I can hardly get a sharp image of the moving birds, but later I manage to catch them when they stop for a moment.
An adult, ...:

Water Rail

... and a young bird:

Young Water Rail

Then by the first rays of the sun a spotted crake appears suddenly in front of the hide:

Spotted Crake

Unfortunately it doesn't stay there long, it rushes back in the vegetation.
A young yellow wagtail lands as well:

Young Yellow Wagtail

A few wood sandpipers are present too, one of them finds a really big prey:

Wood Sandpiper

In the end two black-winged stilts are landing, here's one of them:

Black-winged Stilt

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