Retour à la liste
Hatched

Hatched

4 612 25
1
Mark Billiau.

Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Hatched

Breeding time is over for the Eurasian Coots, now it’s time to raise the chicks.

But, but, but….. sometimes these birds exhibit a strange and striking behavior. Under pressure, such as the lack of food, Coots can be very brutal to their own young. They will bite a young that is begging for food and repeatedly do this until it stops begging and starves to death !
But if the begging keeps going on, then they may even bite so hard that the chick is killed !

Moreover, many young are frequent prey for birds such as herons and gulls.

The least one can say is life ain’t easy for a Coot chick……..

Dutch name : Meerkoet
German name : Blässhuhn
Latin name : Fulica atra

It’s breeding time!
It’s breeding time!
 Mark Billiau.

Commentaire 25

Proposition Galerie

Mots clés

nature animals birds wildlife waterbirds blässhuhn fulica atra coot meerkoet

D'autres photos de Mark Billiau.

Information

Section Nature: Waterbirds
Dossier Animals
Vu de 4 612
Publiée
Langue
Licence