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[-] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

I don't know the exact species involved here, but if I had a penny, I'd bet the two individuals on the left are mom and dad while the third individual that looks like it is wildly gesturing is probably a juvenile begging its parent to feed it.

In my part of the world, you see this kind of behavior in many different bird species. In some species, the juveniles appear to be larger than the parents and yet will still beg for food.

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

We had a blackbird that lost both its parents. It started begging from the sparrows instead and they happily fed her. She's an adult now, she was with the flock of sparrows until she found a husband.

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