The last time I wrote about water chanterelles, I mentioned only mature individuals that have characteristic features, i.e. a red-orange beak and greenish-yellow, long legs.

As in many species, adult birds differ significantly in appearance from chicks and juveniles. This is also the case with the water chicken.

The young water hen is very difficult to identify, because it belongs to the species of rails with 142 species of birds, and basically the presence of parents allows you to say with 100 percent certainty that it is the offspring of the popular moorhen.

When I was last at the pond, about 10 days ago, a young moorhen did not lean out of the water environment, and even when the mother went ashore to pick a dandelion or a dandelion, the young one remained in the water behind a curtain of reeds.

Today the situation has changed. A young hen, though still timid, comes ashore imitating her parents.

Another bird appears regularly in the same area. It is the gray heron. She, in turn, has her favorite places where she shows up at certain times.

In the early morning, her favorite place is the landing next to the water sports center. Often, when there is still fog over the pond, he walks dignified and stretches his bones.

In the morning, he spends most of the day on the island, on top of a huge weeping willow. This is her spotting spot for food. Quite well thought out, because it has a view of the nearby spawning ground.

In the evening, however, he returns to the platform, moves lazily, observes the surroundings and takes care of the hygiene of his feathers.