Parental Duty

[Loi Nguyen]

Northern Flickers are really good parents. During the course of 2 days, I observed this pair taking turn to go feed and hunt for the chicks. The nest is defended 24/7. In fact there is a squirrel who tried to into the nest and got poked by the one guarding the nest.

In this image, the female had just returned to the nest and started feeding her chicks inside. Now it the male's turn to go out hunting.

1DX2
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/5300
F9
ISO-3200
Aperture priority
Gitzo Tripod

Thank you very much for commenting on my images.

Loi

[Jonathan Ashton]

A magical moment superbly caught Loi well done.

[William Dickson]

Perfectly captured. I like the details on the birds and perch, blending nicely with the BG. The red takes it up a notch.

Will