Common Cuckoo DSC_1531
Common Cuckoo / cuculus canorus. Lincolnshire. 01/07/16.
The insatiable Cuckoo chick....(aka = 'Oliver' in my head!)
Seconds before making this image, both Reed Warbler foster parents had flown in with food and yet still the chick's beak gapes open!
Since some of what goes in eventually has to come out, the dutiful R.W hung around, waiting to remove a faecal sac. I noticed this occurred about every 3-4 feeds.
Common Cuckoo DSC_1531
Common Cuckoo / cuculus canorus. Lincolnshire. 01/07/16.
The insatiable Cuckoo chick....(aka = 'Oliver' in my head!)
Seconds before making this image, both Reed Warbler foster parents had flown in with food and yet still the chick's beak gapes open!
Since some of what goes in eventually has to come out, the dutiful R.W hung around, waiting to remove a faecal sac. I noticed this occurred about every 3-4 feeds.