A typical family with young kids
These are Clark's Grebes. Mom is feeding one chick which doesn’t seem to be interested. Dad is trying to calm another that crying non-stop. He looks very impatient, kicking something in the back… That’s my interpretation 😀
Seriously, if you notice, mom is holding a feather. According to some researches, feathers are fed to young chicks to protect the stomach by padding the sharp fish bones and slowing down the process of digestion so that the bones dissolved rather than pass into the intestine.
A typical family with young kids
These are Clark's Grebes. Mom is feeding one chick which doesn’t seem to be interested. Dad is trying to calm another that crying non-stop. He looks very impatient, kicking something in the back… That’s my interpretation 😀
Seriously, if you notice, mom is holding a feather. According to some researches, feathers are fed to young chicks to protect the stomach by padding the sharp fish bones and slowing down the process of digestion so that the bones dissolved rather than pass into the intestine.