Yes! We have 6 new little baby swans in our street and - looking at the eggs in the swan's nest, still 2 ducklings to go! The other couple of water birds (moorhens) have left their nest now and moved on to another location. It looks like the two swans didn't accept their presence so near their own nest... (see this earlier posting)
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There is another nest with a pair of swans close to where I live (see yesterday's post). Father stays high and dry and is always on the lookout for possible danger. Mother is brooding the whole day near the waterside. Click pics to enlarge!
Today I noticed some moorhens (gallinula choloropus or waterhoen as we call them in Dutch) near the swan's nest and I was surprised that both swans tolerate these little birds in their direct vicinity.
I approached them carefully from the other side of the canal and noticed that both pairs are nesting almost on the same spot! Isn't that funny? I intend to keep an eye on both happy families... And I am so sorry for the plastic bottles and other garbage floating around in the water across my street and spoiling both our living environment and my pictures :-(
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