|
Who’s hungry? In southwest England, a kingfisher attempts to feed her chicks at their riverbank nest. Kingfishers, despite being exquisitely handsome, are born blind, bald, and ugly—recalling the ugly duckling story. Mum and dad feed the chicks all day long for nearly a month, catching small fish along the river and bringing them back to the nest—a tunnel dug into the bank, with a small chamber at the end. Inside, it's almost completely dark, so the parents work by touch to find an open beak. Nat Geo Explorer Charlie Hamilton James talks about his photography on the birds on an episode of Overhead, our podcast.
|
|
|
|
