Yea so I figured, given that I was quite close to Italy, I would add 'i' to the end of the word. So young Martins are actually 'Martinis', and no they weren't in the least bit shaken by my presence. Nor were they stirred.
They had in fact just fledged, but being lazy they'd only got as far as the shutters below the rafters they came from. So I climbed a wall to watch what is one of the fastest food passes in nature. They're very quick. So what i've done here is accumilated the shots from 2 or 3 passes and laid them out so you can see the intricacies of an act that can't take more than a second. So the parents must be pretty awesome flyers. First the wee baba starts to call. A lot...
...Then the adult comes in, like a little missle (Missile? Doesn't even sound accurate!)...
...Then the food pass, notice the baby seems to be concentrating on something else...
...then over and out...
...and the great thing is this was taken all taking place as the people bought their bread underneath. They must've thought I was mad...
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