Mikepércs: Terns

The number of birds at the pond has dwindled, in fact only the coot families spend the day there. There's no wonder, as the water is full of algae. I failed to take any decent photos on my last two attempts. Today I expected something from the coots and their chicks.
The first birds are not the coots, as I expected, but the whiskered terns. They start to use the landing place soon:

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

A marsh harrier appears above the reed searching for some prey:

Marsh Harrier (male)

Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Later a few black terns appear among the whiskered terns as well:

Black Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Terns

The mating starts well at these couple but it's not accomplished:

Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Terns

The gift is too slim at this time:

Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Terns

Mikepércs: Scouting at the pond

While scouting at the pond near Mikepércs I met a few coots which seeing me started to get away rapidly. This nestling plunged under the water and when it came up this green algae stuck to its head so that it couldn't see anything. It stayed unmoved a little then when it noticed that no one helped it shook its head, got rid of the algae and rushed after its family:

Coot nestling

And this is the first black tern I met:

Black tern