I had the privilege of observing a nest of 2 drongo chicks as they tried to make their first flight and were also fed by the parent. Parental care and kids learning to take off on their own will warm any parents heart!

The little ones are just sticking their beaks out !

And then they change position a little bit desperately looking out for the parent to arrive with food



They have an expectant look on their faces



Ooh ! I’m Hungry

The parent sees the need and comes in !

Breakfast is Delicious

And now it is time to spread our wings

Let us try a bit harder…but not quite ready

The other sibling tries

Ready to take off…

I told you - you could do it…have faith, the chicks first outing out of the nest…

Listen that was good, but you have got all the time!

I’m not going to talk to you if you don’t heed my words. You ought to take one step at a time.







Caution: This blog post is in appreciation of nature’s beauty and the need to conserve it. Please be very careful if you are trying to photograph nests or chicks. Under no circumstances should you go near the nests or disturb any vegetation, god forbid, the nest itself! Even if you have been careful not to disturb the birds during shooting of the nest and chicks, others may not be that careful. Your photo may inspire others who are not as careful like you to take more pictures of nests. To get better exposure, they may ‘clear’ off the area around the nests -exposing the chicks to predators, also some predators are said to follow photographers and then they discover the nest and kill/eat off the chicks. The parent birds are said to abandon the eggs or the chicks and leave them to die of starvation, if they suspect human intervention. But we have to be very careful not to disturb the birds when approaching nesting sites. These photographs were taken from a distance using a 600 mm telephoto lens on a 1.5 crop, so 900 mm equivalent, camera on a monopod whilst standing on a commonly used path, so (I hope) the birds would not have felt anything unusual.