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I put a hide up on this Snipe just after the eggs had hatched. Part of the joy of sitting in a hide for me is to observe the birds' behaviour as well as taking photos. What took me about this bird is that, unlike most other waders, it made no attempt to remove the egg shells. It even returned to the nest whilst the chicks were beside and settled down on the broken shells. Eventually they returned and she brooded them along with the shells. Whether it has anything to do with its fairly unique ( I'm only aware of the Oystercatcher, Pratincoles and Stone Curlew being the same) behaviour, for a wader, of feeding the chicks I don't know.
Something else one gets to witness, when sitting quietly so close to the nest, is the mostly unheard sounds when the adult is at or near the nest. This bird made a clucking noise, similar to a farmyard chicken on its approach, a sound with which I was unfamiliar.
Every time I'm in a hide like that I always take time to put my camera down and just enjoy the moment without watching it all through a viewfinder!
Something else one gets to witness, when sitting quietly so close to the nest, is the mostly unheard sounds when the adult is at or near the nest. This bird made a clucking noise, similar to a farmyard chicken on its approach, a sound with which I was unfamiliar.
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Every time I'm in a hide like that I always take time to put my camera down and just enjoy the moment without watching it all through a viewfinder!
