Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hatchlings

Evidence of a successful hatch.

Two little fuzzballs. The mother nighthawk put up a tremendous display while I was photographing her babies. She flew onto the road and spread her wings out in the dirt and started mewing like a cat. It was pathetic and an obvious attempt to lead the predator (me) away from her young. I won't attempt another photo unless she's away. It was too stressful for both of us.

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