In one end, out the other.... hungry Cape Bulbul chick with parent

Observed by Gigi
Botanical Society of South AfricaCape Bird ClubMountain Club of SA (Cape Town)South African National Biodiversity Institute
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(Added to iSpot on 28th January 2013)
Pycnonotus capensis parent and begging chick
Pycnonotus capensis parent feeding chick
Pycnonotus capensis parent retrieving faecal sac
Pycnonotus capensis
Pycnonotus capensis
Pycnonotus capensis
Pycnonotus capensis
Pycnonotus capensis chick waiting for parent

The parent was observed feeding the chick and then immediately retrieving the faecal sac, which is swallowed

Location: Kirstenbosch Research Centre
Identifications
Species interactions

No interactions present.

Other observations of Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis)