Bird Watching: Osprey season 2011. So far, three chicks doing well., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:

Dad did something I've not seen before. After standing and staring at the chicks for a little while, he slowly bent down towards the closest chick and the chick put its head up to meet him, beak to beak. I've had a close look at all the shots I took and there didn't appear to be any transfer of food and the chicks beak was not open at any stage. They held this contact for probably 6 or 7 seconds, which is quite a long time.