Each parent is feeding a chick at a time. Parents must teach kids the tecnique to remove the fleshy part of the apple snail. So they need kids to focus. If other siblings were present there would certainly be fights over food or distractions of any kind.
Six very small limpkin chicks at the end of the cattail beds on 1st of January
Six very small limpkin chicks at the end of the cattail beds on 1st of January
Six very small limpkin chicks at the end of the cattail beds on 1st of January
Six very small limpkin chicks at the end of the cattail beds on 1st of January
First family of the season. They were very well hidden because they are not newly born