▶️ Kingfisher Chicks Jump to Attention when Dad Calls Dinner Time

[Donkees]

The kingfisher chicks are huddled so tightly together, their eyes shut as they quietly chirrup for food, they don't notice when dad arrives with a fish for dinner. Watch what happens when he lets out a loud squawk to say it's here!

The kingfisher chicks are 12 days old in this clip and their feathers are beginning to grow through. They are so preoccupied with their quiet complaints they don't notice, even when dad arrives with a stickleback and passes it right under their beaks.

Kingfishers normally lay their eggs in underground nests, dug into muddy river banks using their long beaks. I made an artificial alternative, as close a replica to the bird's original design except with cameras hidden inside, to be able to watch this family.

I am a British wildlife artist based in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, UK. I build ideal habitats to encourage wildlife into my garden and use nest cams to study their behaviour. These studies inform my paintings.

[Ilsa]

1. I'm amazed if all of them get fed during the course of a day. nt

[MLAA]

2. Wow, lunch is really something for the Kingfisher family.

His website has all kinds of things in addition to his prints including more videos.

https://www.robertefuller.com/

[3catwoman3]

3. Bird parents work soooo hard.

I'll bet a lot of human parents wish their kids would snap to it that fast.