15 July 2022
After weeks of being fed by their parents, baby birds’ first big challenge is to feed themselves. What is edible? How to chomp it? How to catch it?
“When open my beak the food goes in. Doesn’t it?“
Not QUITE how it works, little bird ?@NearBirdStudios pic.twitter.com/ILMJlTmUVe
— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 16, 2018
“Is this how to do it?” Juvenile red-tailed hawks practice pouncing at Tompkins Square Park, New York City in June 2022.
“What is this?” say two baby burrowing owls. Babies, it’s food!
Please watch these baby burrowing owls being Weird Little Guys. I promise you will not regret it
— Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. (@corvidresearch) June 30, 2022
Shared with permission from @/avianbehavior on IG pic.twitter.com/flrcSL3zBh
(photo from Wikimedia Commons, embedded tweets and video)
Clickbait ? Who can resist those cute little faces & hungry mouths
Oh Kate, those videos are great!! I love the “open mouth” little guy thinking it is going to just drop right in like when Mom and Dad deliver!! Thanks so much!
So funny!