View Single Post
  #8  
Old 12-03-2009, 11:46 PM
Dennis
Dazzled by the Cosmos.

Dennis is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 11,824
Hi Roger

This might not be what it appears to be? The Swallow on the right might be a juvenile begging for food from the parent Swallow on the left?

Typically, juveniles “beg” by spreading their wings and hunching their “shoulders”. This action seems to encourage the parent bird to open its beak and the juvenile then obtains regurgitated food by sticking their beak down the parent’s throat.

Cheers

Dennis
Reply With Quote