Tonight I stayed after work and took some photos of some of the chicks which have been born on campus over the last few weeks.
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| Baby Robin? UCD |
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| Baby Coal Tit |
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| Baby Coal Tit |
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| Baby Coal Tit |
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| Baby Coal Tit, might be the strong sun, but it's cheek is very white in comparison to the Irish yellowy cheek of the above Coal tit |
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| Baby Great Tit |
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| Baby Coal Tit |
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| Adult Moorhen, UCD |
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| Moorhen chick, UCD |
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| Mama Mallard and her chicks |
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| Mallard Duckling, UCD |
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| Proud parent |
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| Proud parent - Pied Wagtail, UCD |
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| Baby Pied Wagtail |
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| Mute Swan cygnet, UCD |
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| Cygnet, UCD |
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| Not a chick, but the sun lit the eye up of this Tufted Duck, UCD Lake |
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| Tufted Duck, head to the left, plumage looks black |
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| Tufted Duck, head a little to the right and there's the purple sheen |
Lovely evening tonight.
I got my 45th bird to add to my UCD 2011 list
and it was actually warm and summery, as if it were June.
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| Some people even took to bathing... hope he's had his tetanus jab recently.. |
