Visiting my favourite local park and lakes recently, I finally got to see, first-hand, some Purple Swamp Hen chicks with their mums. One single and then two chicks with another mum. They are quite ugly but in a cute way. My favourite pic is this one below – a young chick ‘talking’ to its mum. Wonder what it was saying? It was flapping it’s little wings – was gorgeous to see.
Please note, at no time was I in close proximity to these birds – I use a 500mm lens and stand a distance away to zoom in and get natural candid shots, without the birdlife feeling like they’re in danger.
