Survival starts on day one: Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is. Wakodahatchee Wetlands Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Kevin.M Loc: Forked River, NJ

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Great photo! Its the season, so many birds hatching right now, I was there yesterday

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Wait till the hair grows in on the one on the right. He'll remember!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

They will sometimes force siblings from the nest. I have many images of this process. Nature ain't always kind.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great shot, Bill, that is one way of shutting him up.

HRoss Loc: Longmont, CO

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent catch, Bill!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Beautiful little Einstein creatures 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Great image!!!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Nice shot Bill.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

water falls Loc: Green Bay,Wi

Great catch!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Great capture Bill.

Don

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

billnikon wrote:

Day old Great Egret chick on the left lets it's hours old sibling know who the boss is.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sony a9, Sony 70-200 GM OSS II, 1/6400 sec. iso 250, aperture priority, hand held, small center spot focus to get in among the sticks in the nest to get a clear focus

Nicely done, Bill!

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Very nice capture