Guadalhorce-mouth near Málaga
June 7 2010
The black-winged stilts see red!
Dear reader!
What an exciting and beautiful day I spent yesterday together with some friends at the Guadalhorce-mouth! We had been already early in the morning there, but family mallard had gotten up before we arrived. Most likely they for the first time had to go to ducks school!: 
About that a little grebe didn't want to know anything!:
Enthralled we watched the purple heron, who leisurely flew to the top of a tree, to check from there for the best place for him:
"Well, here is really action this morning!" The reed warbler checked everything curiously:
"Oh dear, I shouldn't put my nose in anything and rather be on watch of these feathered guys!" this nosed grasshopper mumbled at the wayside:
"And hopefully I won't cross a bee eaters way today!" Mr. Swallow-tailed nightjar is anxiously:
Trustingly unworried the Eurasian coot chick enjoys the morning. But the chick and its mother were not unwatched: Please look closely!
Here you can see better! A young little bittern is curiously watching how Mum coot is diving for food for its chick:
Mum stilt wants to be under any circumstances the best of all mothers and protects its chicks under her wings:
Only when she was very sure, that no danger would come from anywhere, the chicks …
… are allowed to run off and enjoy their first days in life together with their caring parents:
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