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Perhaps an opportunity to use a high speed camera to record the feeding process.
It's quite remarkable in a way. The chicks mouths are closed until the adult approaches, then the chicks all open their mouths wide in unison, as though the adult makes an inaudible call as they approach. The chicks can't always see the adult because they sometimes approach from different directions which the chicks can't see. There are at least two adults, possibly three, who are feeding the chicks. Despite the chicks all being open mouthed, they seemed to be being fed in turn pretty fairly by the adults.
I tried several times with the D300s to get some nice pix of the feeding but the shutter rate wasn't fast enough, the adult only stays for half a second or so to pass the food to a chick before flying off for more. I thought the D300s might have been better with it's longer effective focal length but the slower shutter rate let it down, only allowing two or three shots, none of which were prime.
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Robert.