Rubbish picture of moorhen chicks

[Mark]

I had to rush this shot because these guys were making a dash for it, so apologies for the rubbish quality. These little chaps are really lovely though. Maybe 2 1/2 inches long, covered in fluffy jet black feathers and with tiny little stubby wings. I'll keep an eye out for them in the coming weeks, see if I can get some better pics of them.

[publicenergy]

They do look cute. It's lovely when they all follow their mother in a line like in the old cartoons too (I'm thinking Tom and Jerry really)

[piku]

Your photo's not that bad really, all that happened is the camera focussed on the grass, rather than the water. Shit pictures of nature are always better than no pictures.

[Mark]

Shit pictures of nature are always better than no pictures.

Yeah - that's why I decided to post it, rather than wait for a better shot that may not happen.

If I do get a chance though the next one hopefully will be 50% better regardless of focus, because there was a 3rd chick with the group this morning. They were too far away to get a photo though.

[Mark]

3 years later and I finally have the combination of moorhen chicks and a camera with some battery life left in it.

Shame about that bald head - they're as cute as buttons otherwise.



And just look at the size of those feet...





And here's a shot with one of the parents.

[spinlizard]

Those are ace!

Years ago I used to live out in the sticks and would often see moorhen chicks being led across the lane from one pond to another in the field on the other side by their parents. Great to see them again.

[skab]

They do look cute. It's lovely when they all follow their mother in a line like in the old cartoons too (I'm thinking Tom and Jerry really)

I once saw some kind of quail, really, really tiny. About the size of a normal chick (what's that called, a chicken chick?). The male one was standing on a tiny spot on the ground and crowing proudly, the female one was running around with three chicks in tow, each about the size of a ping-pong ball. Just awww....