Photography of Birds – Set # 39 | H.J. Ruiz

These birds forage on muddy, picking up food by sight, often jabbing like the dowitchers with which they often associate. They mainly eat insects and other invertebrates.

Common Moorhen

This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. They forage beside or in the water, sometimes walking on lilypads or upending in the water to feed.

14 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 39”

susanpoozan on May 10, 2020 at 9:06 am said:

Excellent pictures.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 10, 2020 at 6:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Susan. 🙂
  
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Jet Eliot on May 10, 2020 at 10:35 am said:

I have never had the pleasure of seeing this sandpiper, what a beauty. And this common moorhen photo is fantastic. Great fun here today, HJ, thank you.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 10, 2020 at 6:59 pm said:
  
  Thanks, my dear friend. 🙂
  
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Indira on May 10, 2020 at 11:59 am said:

Excellent shots…both!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 10, 2020 at 7:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Indira. 🙂
  
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Shell-Shell's🐚tipsandtricks on May 10, 2020 at 12:36 pm said:

Great captures!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 11, 2020 at 10:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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Jane's Heartsong on May 10, 2020 at 2:37 pm said:

Nice to see a flock of the sandpipers together, and the Moorhen is so close to the American Coot in the same family.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 10, 2020 at 7:10 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Jane. 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on May 11, 2020 at 5:53 pm said:

Two wonderful photos, HJ! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 11, 2020 at 7:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Donna. 🙂
  
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JoAnn on May 12, 2020 at 10:23 pm said:

Those birds look so happy in the cool water 🐦

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 13, 2020 at 2:58 pm said:
  
  That’s the perfect habitat for them! Thanks, JoAnn. 🙂
  
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