Comment from Lolly Cardinal
Fantastic babies, awesome colors and their heads are extremely pretty. Shadowed, detailed and centered to perfection. Great eye viewer and information.
Thanks for showing.
Congratulations and Good luck!
Have yourself a great evening.

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks a lot lolly for your lovely comments

Comment from liseworks
They are still very adorable though,,love the story telling,,the colours, the clearness of this photo to see all the face,,your water is a nice green,,some reflection is seen,,

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

many thanks lise

Comment from Kbanich
Thank you Fred for adding the narrative - I've never seen one before (not to my knowledge anyway). What makes this image is the contrasting color's those heads and beaks deliver. Are these babies?

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

welcome back Kathy and thanks a lot; yes, about one week old

Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Fred,
A beautiful picture of this pair of newly hatched coot chick one eating & the other looking on with curiosity & maybe a desire to grab it? Beautiful composition, framing & lighting taken with superb camera techniques & sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

merci beaucoup

Comment from BENSIMO2010
you are also lucky for this excellent image, nice portrait , nature area, beautiful colors , between water and the birds , I like it , with high quality of image, excellent huge green background , thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks a lot

reply by BENSIMO2010 on 02-May-2016

you are welcome

Comment from Sange
I think they are adorable.
You did a fine job on focus, clarity, exposure/white balance and placement within the frame.
Love the beak to beak like pose with soft water reflections.
Nice bird photography Fred! :)

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks a lot Sandra for your encouraging comments

Comment from Regina E.H-Ariel
HAHAHA excellent title, handsome expressive bird shot, this questions stands literally in the face of the second one

fantastic capture, beautiful close up, clear and sharp in details , excellent genuine wild life image with genuine lighting and color saturation - these guys are lovely with their baby feathers - a smile creating picture, thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks a lot regina for your lovely comments

Comment from Lemur Larissa
These look like hairy birds (that is so weird)! It's down, I know. But I can never get over how much feathers look like hair under certain circumstances. Helps me understand how all life on Earth is related. These coots have lovely facial colors. I think one is eating a piece of bread but it's hard to tell.

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks so much again

reply by Lemur Larissa on 02-May-2016

You're welcome.

Comment from michiganmike
I have often been called an "old coot" so it is good to know what a young one looks like. A very nice shot with excellent detail in their heads and beautiful rendering of the water.

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

when you see how ugly the young ones are, better to be old; lol;
many thanks again

Comment from Zilyram
Interesting notes on these coots Fred which would have been a good entry to the Bad Hair Day competition. Good competition, focus and dof. :) Mary

 Comment Written 02-May-2016

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reply by the author on 02-May-2016

thanks a lot Mary