nanila: wrong side of the mirror (me: wrong side of the mirror)
( Jun. 3rd, 2021 10:26 pm)
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There are TEN of these little adorable fluffballs, about a mile down the canal from us! Sooo...lots more behind the cut.

Cygnets )
Feed me
Fledgling swallow demands food from adult swallow. Fledgling swallow was, just before this photo was taken, swooping around catching insects for itself.

Poll #20157 Feed me
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What do you think the adult bird did when it landed on the branch next to the fledgling?

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Stuffed the insect in its beak down the fledgling's maw.
9 (21.4%)

Ate the insect in front of the fledgling.
33 (78.6%)



Answer behind the cut )
Moorhen and chick
Mother and baby moorhen. I don't think this moorhen chick is more than a couple of days old, since the crown of its head is still sparsely feathered.

I realise that I'm in danger of turning this into the Journal of Cute Fluffy Animals, but it's very difficult not to, given that cute fluffy animals abound canal-side at this time of year!
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I went for a walk this morning with my camera + macro lens. Right up until the very end of the walk I was kicking myself for not bringing the telephoto instead because it was already too hot for butterflies and damselfies to be sitting still, and then I came across this mallard duck shading her baby from the sun. Aw.
Since the news has been even more of a dumpster fire than usual this week, what with MPs shooting themselves in the foot over a meaningful Brexit vote and the worldwide ill-treatment of refugees, I bring you a post consisting entirely of fluffy gosling photos.

Goslings
Cuddle party!

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