I notice something special short after getting into the hide: a great cormorant! I didn't see it landing but it's over there now. Unfortunately far from me. It's looking round, it dives a few times but not finding anything satisfactory it takes off followed by another one.
Soon a young whiskered tern lands, then another one arrives too:
Young Whiskered Terns
They are crying for food and preening.
Meanwhile a young little grebe swims accross the water in front of me:
Young Little Grebe
Young Little Grebe
Now and then the young terns catch sight of something in the water trying to pick it up:
Young Whiskered Terns
Young Whiskered Terns
Young Whiskered Tern
One of them flies away to return after a short time:
Young Whiskered Terns
Preening:
Young Whiskered Tern
Young Whiskered Tern
They're crying for breakfast again:
Young Whiskered Terns
Young Whiskered Terns
As the food is behind time they are tasting everything moveable:
Young Whiskered Tern
At last the little grebes turn up, one of the adults climbs up the trunk to preen:
Little Grebe
A largish grebe climbs up as well but it doesn't stay, it's jumping into the water soon:
Little Grebe
Their mum keeps on preening while the little youngs are waiting patiently:
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
The largish one climbs up again to have a rest:
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Having finished with preening the adult grebe returns into the water, the youngs however enjoy the comfortable dry place. It's just like a little penguin:
Young Little Grebe
Young Little Grebe
Young Little Grebe
Young Little Grebes
Feeding continues ...:
Little Grebe
... then comes another short rest on the dry:
Young Little Grebe
Young Little Grebe
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