Dad flies in for a major case of heartburn! Great images!!
Wow, great captures. The downloads are beautiful.
Great captures of the birds and behavior. And thanks for the explanation of the feeding. We see the same process with White-faced ibises in our area.
Mike
I love these shots. Your bird shots are always great and these are exceptional. It doesn't get any better than this.
WOW!! - very nice and interesting captures.
Hereford wrote:
Little digestion takes place in a bird's crop, which is the holding tank of a bird's digestive system. It is regurgitated to feed the kids before it passes into the next digestive chamber where acid is added to break down the food. Most of the larger water birds feed their kids in a similar manner. Through the viewfinder with the 600mm I often see fish of different sizes and other water morsels being regurgitated. Some parents are very careful about particle size when feeding really tiny chicks who can't handle big pieces.
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As others have said WOW what a great set, just returned my self, lots of new families arounf now, recently posted shot Spoonful feeding her chicks, Wood storks coming soon.
And thinks for the info above, guys like you teach me a lot.
After seeing these shots now have a tickle in my throat
Fabulous series of Anhinga family !!! Thank you for sharing. Shang
Very nice set. The chicks sure do look aggressive.
These are awesome images Hereford.
Don
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