Begging to be fed

I always feel sorry for this mum with her big chick. She did have two, maybe the other one has grown faster and left to fend for himself.

The dikkop looks so perplexed as their young feed themselves at a very early stage.

[Annie D]

a great image - love your dikkop comment :)

[Rob Z]

A lovely shot. Your comment reminds me of the year a pair of Scrub wrens unknowingly parented a giant cuckoo baby!!

[Kathy A]

The dikkop sure does look perplexed

[Christina]

Haha love your narrative.

[Cordiander]

Mothers do everything for their children :)

[Beverley]

Great shot of the moment

[winghong_ho]

Wonderful capture, love the look of the dikkop.

[Issi Bannerman]

I think the dikkop is also slightly disapproving of the ibis parenting methods being witnessed! Super story telling capture.

[Susan Wakely]

A great capture and timing.

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super timing , no matter how big they still want to be fed !!

[Peter]

It’s a tough time for this mum well captured Diana:)

[Corinne C]

Wonderful capture! They look so different from their Mom!

[Paul J]

Time for junior to fend for himself. Nice shot.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful capture, some kids never grow up

[Mags]

Cute capture!

[Bucktree]

Great capture and timing. The dikkop's expression says it all.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Sweet capture.

[Allison Maltese]

A nice image of this tender interaction.

[katy]

An interesting combination with the three of them. That baby looks like a brute.

[Heather]

A wonderful capture! And I love your narrative to accompany this shot, Diana! Fav

[Paula Fontanini]

Ha! A mother's work is never done you know!! :) This is beautiful & humorous at the same time!

[Rick]

Great capture. Hopefully mum will get it a little food to keep it going and then teach it to fetch it's own food.

[Diana]

@annied @robz @kjarn @christinav @cordulaamann @beverley365 @wh2021 @jamibann @wakelys @joansmor @beryl @pcoulson @corinnec @pej76 @365projectorgchristine @marlboromaam @dkellogg @mittens @falcon11 @grammyn @365projectorgheatherb @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Steve Chappell]

Lovely