The Little Grebe and the little fish

There’s a Little Grebe in The Regent’s Park in London:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)


It has a family. Here it is with one of its chicks:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)


The chicks are very entertaining to watch. Their entire focus in life is begging for food from their parents and they are almost oblivious to anything else, including potential threats:


The adult dives and comes up with a fish, grasped firmly behind the head:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)


I can see the fish gasping its last. It doesn’t look too impressed:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)


I watch as the adult propels itself towards the nearest chick. It hands the hard-won fish over very carefully:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)


And just like a child, all the chick does is play with its food:

Little Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

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