Rob Geraghty, FEEDING CHALLENGES (Wildlife and Animal 2019)

All nesting sea birds, after gathering food for their young, must not only content with predator harassment on the returning flight to the rookery but as it feeds its young. This urgency is compounded by its young demanding to be fed immediately. The Blue Footed Booby adults contend daily with this challenge and the growing urgency of its ever bigger offspring. These images show firstly an encounter with frigate birds for spilled food and the pressing demands of that ever-growing chick.

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