ML64587591
Contributor
Willson Gaul Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
University College Dublin--Lower Lakes and Oak Walk
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - X
Media notes
Moorhen chick taking material from the bill of an adult. Dublin, Ireland, July 28th, 2017.
Observation details
Two very young Moorhen chicks along with 2 adults. This is probably a second brood, as there were fledglings here early in the year which have matured into large juveniles. Surprisingly, I saw this young fledgling seemingly take something out of the bill of the adult on 2 occasion. It looked like the adult was feeding young, which I didn't expect that from a precocial bird (a very poor quality photo of this behaviour is included in this checklist) . The fledgling was also pecking at the grass on its own.
Technical information
- Model
- SCH-I545
- ISO
- 50
- Focal length
- 4.2 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/2.2
- Shutter speed
- 1/120 sec
- Dimensions
- 692 pixels x 638 pixels
- Original file size
- 110.32 KB