Birders

milestogo

(20,590 posts) Sun Feb 23, 2025, 10:57 AM Feb 23

Bird moms sheltering their babies

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Bird moms sheltering their babies (Original Post) milestogo Feb 23 OP

Wow! hlthe2b Feb 23 #1

Mother Natures version of the Totes umbrella. magicarpet Feb 23 #2

Fascinating! mwmisses4289 Feb 23 #3

Some amazing... GiqueCee Feb 23 #4

Sequins? fernlady Feb 23 #5

Yeah that makes you question the whole thing. milestogo Feb 23 #6

As many of the moms are in the nest with kiddos, I think most of the shelterers are the dads. hedda_foil Feb 23 #7

hlthe2b

(109,780 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 11:09 AM

Feb 23

Spectacular!

magicarpet

(18,237 posts)

2. Mother Natures version of the Totes umbrella.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 11:15 AM

Feb 23

mwmisses4289

(1,093 posts)

3. Fascinating!

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 11:16 AM

Feb 23

A mother's love and care in all species.

GiqueCee

(2,228 posts)

4. Some amazing...

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 11:16 AM

Feb 23

... wildlife photography there.

fernlady

(33 posts)

5. Sequins?

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 11:20 AM

Feb 23

I watched quite a bit of the video. I stopped when the pink birds with sequins on their wings turned up.

milestogo

(20,590 posts)

6. Yeah that makes you question the whole thing.

Reply to fernlady (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 12:03 PM

Feb 23

I did get to see spoonbills in Ecuador last year. Beautiful pink, no sequins.

hedda_foil

(16,726 posts)

7. As many of the moms are in the nest with kiddos, I think most of the shelterers are the dads.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 02:29 PM

Feb 23

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