Ecologist - Writer - Photographer
Sad face

This chick appeared to have left (or fallen) from its nest too early. It was incapable of flight and sat vulnerably in the open with a sad-faced, disdainful expression as its parent attempted unsuccessfully to coax it to fly up into the trees. Madagascar bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis) chick.

Location: Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist

Sad face

This chick appeared to have left (or fallen) from its nest too early. It was incapable of flight and sat vulnerably in the open with a sad-faced, disdainful expression as its parent attempted unsuccessfully to coax it to fly up into the trees. Madagascar bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis) chick.

Location: Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist