Young White Wagtail

[turlough]

The first clutch of baby wagtails have left their nests and started following the parents around begging for food. They're much shyer than the parent birds but today I managed to get a pretty nice close-up of one while it perched on a fence close to me (click to enlarge):

Comments

[pauraque]

Cute!

[turlough]

Bird babies are so adorably gangly and awkward :-)

[cmcmck]

Great pic.

Wonder how long the parents will put up with their bumming? :o)

[turlough]

Thank you!

In the autumn the parents seem to put up with them until they're almost grown but I suspect the chicks in this first clutch of the season don't get spoiled for nearly as long.

[shirebound]

What a lovely bird! I hadn't heard of a wagtail before.

[turlough]

I love wagtails! They're so elegant and so much fun to watch. They're very common here in Sweden, particularly in smaller towns and suburbs with lots of parks and gardens.

Bird

[ihavenoarms]

nice bird

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[turlough]

Wagtails are such elegant birds, even when they're a bit fluffy and gangly like this one :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Are those babies particularly noisy? We once had a juvenile robin show up at the parents' new nest on our balcony and were alerted by the ongoing racket!

[turlough]

They're not very loud but VERY persistent :-)