Taken in my backyard on Vancouver Island, BC. June 2025

Both parents fed their baby bird till it could muster the energy to make its way back home.

  • apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    This is a fledgling bird. After it leaves the nest it will be some time before its flight feathers are fully grown in, so it will rely on its parents for food and protection. After a baby bird leaves the nest, it will not return.