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A Purple-crowned Lorikeet chick behaves like a bit of a brat... 7 years 5 months ago #759

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After being fed for around a minute by one of the pair just before the shot begins, the second bird came in and continued feeding the chick. You can see the first bird moves off when it's had enough of the chick carrying on. When the second bird stops feeding the chick, it gets desperate and does some rather rough wing flapping and; after a rather desperate jump, it falls to the ground. I didn't catch the tumble, but it was fine and flew back up to the parents to resume its pestering. There were more than 20 birds in the immediate area, moving about in groups of three. All I can say is that chick must be VERY hungry..

A handheld shot taken yesterday at Browns Road, Monarto. The original was taken at 4k, with a plus two stop adjustment, at maximum zoom (18 times for 4K which is around 550mm equivalent)), and then cropped to about a quarter its original size. The clip was stabilized both in the camera and during processing,

it was a very windy day and i was shooting in the direction of the sun., which made things hard to track.

A bit of a brat...

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