My Neighbour : White breasted waterhen family

My Neighbor : The White breasted waterhen family

Everyday I get up from bed at early morning with loud bird vocal. Sometimes they call very loudly at night. There is a piece of barren land beside my home. That's full of water hyacinth, aquatic weeds, grasses and other bushy herbs. A waterhen pair made their nest in the place. Now they are blessed with four Black Diamond chicks. 

 The Black Diamond baby: White breasted waterhen

When the chicks come out from the nest and follow their mother to find food, its a beautiful scenario to look. The mother wandering forward and the babies follow her. The mother in search of food and the babies learn how to find food.

White breasted waterhen with chicks

Medium-sized, fairly common chickenlike marsh bird found in meadows, ditches, riversides, marshes, as well as parks and farmlands in close proximity to humans; often seen foraging in the open. Adults are dark slaty above and white below, with a rusty patch under the tail. Juvenile similar but duller in color. Remarkably variable song is a series of hooting, grunting, or rasping notes or phrases, repeated monotonously, often from an exposed perch.

The Adult: White breasted waterhen

These birds are usually seen singly or in pairs as they forage slowly along the edge of a waterbody mainly on the ground but sometimes clambering up low vegetation. The tail is held up and jerked as they walk. The nesting season is mainly June to October but varies locally. They nest in a dry location on the ground in marsh vegetation, laying 6-7 eggs.  Courtship involves bowing, billing and nibbling. The eggs hatch in about 19 days.

The video showing their Habitat and Behavior

Interesting myth: At breeding season the white breasted weaver call continuously and bleeding started from its throat. When the blood drops on the egg then it hatched.