For many weeks, I have been watching a dipper nest as I wait for the chicks first to arrive and then be old enough to peek from the nest as they are being fed.
By displaying their yellow gapes, the chicks tell a parent: feed me.
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wonderful photo Alistair – and three chicks! They are going to be busy feeding that brood!
That is sooo cool. You have a great eye. Many rhanks