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common moorhen (nest)

Gallinula chloropus

Description:

super exited to find this nest of a common moorhen. In the second picture you can see the mother hiding from me... tought I could sneek up to it and make a picture if her incubating the egg.... that didn't work.

Habitat:

The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands.

Notes:

The common moorhen can have up to twelve eggs. This nest only had one, but a few days later it had more.

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JaniekevanDijk
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JaniekevanDijk

Zeeland, Netherlands

Spotted on May 2, 2016
Submitted on May 11, 2016

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