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

Mikepércs: Spotted Crake

Today I was expecting especially the water rails again at the pond. They were lurking in the thick vegetation and didn't get out of there. However I noticed another bird at the margin of the reed-mace: a spotted crake, which is more rare than the water rail. What a pleasant surprise! Unfortunately it was a bit far, but soon came closer and was walking out from the vegetation:

Spotted Crake

Spotted Crake

After a few picks on the open place it rushed back into the thickness and never came forward again.
I have already met it near Debrecen a few years ago, but then I didn't manage to take a good shot of it.

Then came the wood sandpipers, having a short rest:

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

One of them was walking by quite close to me:

Wood Sandpiper

The young white wagtails were hunting nearby as usual:

Young White Wagtail

At last, one of the water rails came out of the reed-mace:

Young Water Rail

A common sandpiper appeared soon as well:

Common Sandpiper

A young bluethroat landed many times on the dried ground to catch a few insects:

Young Bluethroat

The white wagtails sometimes broke into a run with such a speed after a flying insect that it was impossible to follow them most of the time:

Young White Wagtail

Young White Wagtail

Young White Wagtail

Even a snipe landed nearby and started to probe the soil:

Common Snipe