My favourite stage of a nest: hungry babies being fed by dad and/or mum at the nest entrance. I was at this nest yesterday filming, so headed in again today for some stills. The parents cooperated with five feeding visits over a couple of hours, so I had a chance to photograph from different angles. Two were optimal: right in front, and off to the left. This was affected by the way the parent bird perched at the entrance though; it paid to be on the opposite side to where they were. Moving around after the parent arrived was not something I'd consider as it would likely upset the bird.
I'd been waiting to photograph this behaviour at this nest hole for two years. This nest is only 4m from the ground (many of our nests are 12-18m high) so a good view was to be expected. This nest hole had been used in the past but for various reasons (complications during laying etc) the nests did not progress to fledging stage.
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