On arrival the Chichester sky was heavily overcast, far from ideal for in flight shots.
We definately saw all four chicks flying, and both adults, at one point we had three juveniles chasing the mother through the air, with decidedly varying degrees of ability.
This is juvenile male 40 (clearly smaller than the larger female juvenile whose ring I could not see). They would jostle in the sky, here with talons so nearly entwined. They learn their flight skills together.
I had setup on the tripod, focused on the adult male while watching the sky, and happened to have my hand still on the cable release. All of a sudden I saw a juvenile drop towards the male, so fired off the release.
When they want to play, they want to play, no matter how much their parents wanted a rest- and would you say no to those feet?
It was nice to get this image of two juveniles together, but to realise there are actually three in the image when I got back to the PC was a nice surprise!
And the same goes for this image- I had only noticed the two most obvious, but infact a third stands hiding...
As the sky cleared, and the sun came out, this pigeon/dove came out to display very finely...
...shortly followed by the adult male...
...shortly followed by our parking expiring! Three hours in Chichester- 10 mins of clear sky! Typical!
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