Anhingas in Love, Delray Beach

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1. Jim Robertson says:

   14 January 2018 at 3:44 pm

   Nice images Isabel. Come back in a few weeks after the eggs yet-to-be laid have hatched and it is neat to see the chicks sticking their long sharp beaks down the parent’s throat to obtain food.
   • Isabel Gibson says:

     14 January 2018 at 9:12 pm

     Jim R – Stay tuned! I have one or two almost clear photos of the feeding. It triggers my gag reflex . . .
2. Jim Taylor says:

   14 January 2018 at 10:53 pm

   The only good thing that can be said about parent birds’ way of feeding their young is that it’s a lot more caring than the reptiles who simply abandon their offspring in the sand, on the shore, in the rushes, wherever. Bards are amazing creatures — their ability to operate in three dimensions, the sense of navigation, their ability to make tools, etc. — but their ways of feeding nestlings are not something I would recommend as an evolutionary example to follow.
   Jim T
   • Isabel Gibson says:

     15 January 2018 at 8:31 am

     Jim T – Well, it seems to work for them, and *that’s* a good thing. And, like reading Nietzsche, I’m glad it’s not me.

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