Mommy and bubster moorhen were enjoying the next pond we wandered past. There was no sign of activity in the kingfisher hide though - so I took a shot of the wall where they are supposed to nest.
We wandered along the reserve extention and found cormorants out in the big lake.
We then found a tern nest on a floating station.
Most of my photos from this excursion contained flora and water rather than birds. Liz and I seem to do a trip every week now, and the next one was to Arundel WWT.
The dalmation pelicans have decreased due to the males dying - leaving 4 females. They looked fine - but I do wonder why the other two passed away and wonder if they will stay and have a new boy pelican sent along at a future date.
Next up, we spotted a mommy and babe canada goose.
Among the birds in the aviary just past the pelicans are 4 avocet.
Those wide-angle shots of the pond are amazing. It's kind of worrisome that the male Dalmations died-- I hope there's not a disease or something going around.
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