rocknroler
New member
Hi everyone!
So for the past couple of months I was observing a pair of Eurasian coots in the pond in front of my house. They were really active, most of the time in the water doing things, eventually they made the whole nest. Soon after making a nest I saw them laying an egg! Now one or two days after laying an egg they both simply disappeared and I did not see them for the whole day. Since no one was protecting it the egg was eaten by other birds.
Then to my surprise a day later both of them appeared again! However this time they were acting really strange, almost not getting into water at all, just standing and cleaning themselves whole day. Most interesting that they are rarely standing inside the nest now and instead standing couple of meters from the nest just doing nothing, for 3 days already. Their behavior changed so much from being active in the water to standing whole day doing nothing.
I would like to hear what could have happened here? This nest is connecting to a small island and no cats or similar predators could even reach it so it's on a pretty safe location. There are no big predatory birds either.
Also, really curious to understand their current behavior. Is it possible that they are depressed due to losing an egg? Do you think chances are they will lay more eggs again now?
So for the past couple of months I was observing a pair of Eurasian coots in the pond in front of my house. They were really active, most of the time in the water doing things, eventually they made the whole nest. Soon after making a nest I saw them laying an egg! Now one or two days after laying an egg they both simply disappeared and I did not see them for the whole day. Since no one was protecting it the egg was eaten by other birds.
Then to my surprise a day later both of them appeared again! However this time they were acting really strange, almost not getting into water at all, just standing and cleaning themselves whole day. Most interesting that they are rarely standing inside the nest now and instead standing couple of meters from the nest just doing nothing, for 3 days already. Their behavior changed so much from being active in the water to standing whole day doing nothing.
I would like to hear what could have happened here? This nest is connecting to a small island and no cats or similar predators could even reach it so it's on a pretty safe location. There are no big predatory birds either.
Also, really curious to understand their current behavior. Is it possible that they are depressed due to losing an egg? Do you think chances are they will lay more eggs again now?
