#bird chicks

Who’s hungry? In southwest England, a kingfisher attempts to feed her chicks at their riverbank nest. Kingfishers, despite being exquisitely handsome, are born blind, bald, and ugly—recalling the ugly duckling story.

He could hold the little chick in his big, big hands and look down on it with so much love

He could have the chick sit on his head while he talks to people; it would be so high and happy 

The chick could sit on his shoulder and nibble on his ear 

When the chick grows into a hen and lays eggs Luther has eggs for breakfast from his own chicken every morning! He would be so proud 

The Aviary

The owl house cast as birds

Luz Noceda- 8 week old Fulvous Whistling Duck

Edalyn Clawthorne- Great horned Owl

Lilith Clawthorne- American Raven

Willow Park- 7 week old Easter Egger chicken

Amity Blight- 8 week old Blue Peafowl

Edric and Emira Blight- 4 month old Blue Peafowl

Augustus Porter- Western Parotias  

Warden Wrath- Shy Albatross

Principal Bump- Frogmouth

Boscha- Australian Magpie

Emperor Belos is kept under surveillance on suspicion of not quite being a bird. 

Bonus Pics:

Gray leggy floof  just chromatically honest  flamingo chick.  

As flamingos fill their bellies with mollusks, crustaceans and algae containing beta carotene they slowly metamorphose into carrots their feathers pick up the pigment.  Flamingos in different geographic regions display varying degrees of coloration based on the availability of the pigment in their environment. Learn more here.

Three Hungry Chicks

Guard Duty Since the cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) have returned from their winter homes, I’ve been going out to the rookery to see how things are going. It’s always interesting out there, but I’ve been specifically waiting for the youngsters to arrive, and last week it happened! Many of the birds are still sitting on eggs, but there are also quite a few nestlings of varying sizes. Most of the…

The Egret Rookery Is an Interesting Sight to See shows some photos that the author/artist took at an egret rookery. It shows both chicks and adult cattle egrets. It explains how she found this sight and how much she enjoys going there.

Waiting for Mom Friday, after my first day back at work, I decided to go by a swampy area that I know of, where you can always find egrets. I discovered this place back in September, and at the time I thought it was just a roosting area. I hadn’t been there since then because I didn’t go out that way very often, but one road home from my new old job takes me right by there. It’s on a fairly busy…