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turlough ([personal profile] turlough) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2021-06-17 05:21 pm

Young White Wagtail

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):

small grey and white bird
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[personal profile] pauraque 2021-06-17 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Cute!
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2021-06-17 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Great pic.

Wonder how long the parents will put up with their bumming? :o)
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[personal profile] shirebound 2021-06-17 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
What a lovely bird! I hadn't heard of a wagtail before.
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2021-06-17 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
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!