Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Female blackbird and chick

I was very lucky to take these two pictures of a female blackbird and one of her chicks during their feeding time:

The mother is on the right (yes, she is a blackbird; female blackbirds are brown with yellowish spots), while the chick is on the left and appears to have a slug in its mouth. It was not sure what to do with its prey, so the mother fed the slug to the chick herself; in the following image the mother can be seen taking the slug:

It was a wonderful scene to watch. There was a second chick bouncing about, and it too was being fed, although I do not have any pictures of it receiving its meal. All three birds hopped into the bushes once they were finished in the grass.

All images were taken with my main camera, and were shot through a window.

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