Blue Cranes (Anthropoides paradisea). Parent bird feeding alongside chicks. Chick has drawn nictitating membrane across eyeball.
Blue, Paradise or Stanley Cranes (Anthropoides paradisea). Parent bird feeding alongside chicks. One chick has drawn nictitating membrane across an eye as an instinctive protective reaction to the close proximity of other chick alongside competatively taking food.
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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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