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Mealtime for hungry young swallows in Jinhua

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An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP
An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP
An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP
An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP
An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow feeds its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow flies off to collect more food for its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP
An adult swallow flies off to collect more food for its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

An adult swallow flies off to collect more food for its young at a nest in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 22, 2024. /CFP

With their beaks wide open, these young swallows eagerly await food from their parents.

Spotted in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, the young chicks are fed on a diet of insects caught in nearby fields. The swallow's parents swoop down on the nest with their catch, where they have their work cut out for them as these little beaks just won't close.

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