Merrick Bailey, Baby Birds; Baby Welcome Swallow, Grooming Baby Wrens, (ANIMAL 2023)

Baby Welcome Swallow; I found this young Swallow sitting on a rock waiting for its mother to come and feed it, the background is Lichen on the Granite rocks. Shot on Z9 @ 400mm f5.6 1/32 sec ISO 100. Grooming Baby Wrens; These little fellows were in a tree near the Carpark at the Lookout at Moruya Heads. Shot on Z9 @ 600 mm f7.1 1/3200 sec ISO 2500. Young Wrens; Also in the same tree were the 3 other chicks from the clutch also awaiting mum to come home to be fed. Shot on Z9 @ f 7.1 1/3200 sec ISO 5600.

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