Oystercatcher chick learning to find food

 
Got a shell !
Looking for food
Copy adult to learn
What is that !
Going deep.
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Oystercatchers and chick - Norton Point.

Summer 2016


Adults feed chicks for some time.The chicks are closely protected and are very shy. The chicks usually run and hide from humans. This photo encounter was  really unusual.