Margaret the Novice
Chough mutual preening Wales 14.7.2014 (1)
We had travelled to north Wales from Ipswich for a couple of days in the hope of both seeing and photographing choughs a bird that had eluded us on previous trips.
After we had rested in our self-catering cottage for a couple of hours after our long journey we set off to try and find the choughs.
As we sat in the car we watched this touching scene we called it ‘chough love’ certainly not ‘tough love’.
They were going through their annual moult so there could well be a good reason for this activity as they helped each other remove the sheaths that protect the growing feathers. Just an idea.
I thought they were well worth a few shots.
Chough mutual preening Wales 14.7.2014 (1)
We had travelled to north Wales from Ipswich for a couple of days in the hope of both seeing and photographing choughs a bird that had eluded us on previous trips.
After we had rested in our self-catering cottage for a couple of hours after our long journey we set off to try and find the choughs.
As we sat in the car we watched this touching scene we called it ‘chough love’ certainly not ‘tough love’.
They were going through their annual moult so there could well be a good reason for this activity as they helped each other remove the sheaths that protect the growing feathers. Just an idea.
I thought they were well worth a few shots.