Nice shot, Christine. I had a similar experience a couple springs back when a Robin pair was attempting to nest in a tree near the front of our house. Two Scrub Jays hassled the Robin pair continuously.They tore down the nest, injured one Robin and drove off the other. Was rough to watch. Last I saw of the Robins, one it was limping around on the lawn beneath the tree..
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:53 AM Subject: PESO: Baby Robin A robin family built a nest in a bush right outside our back door, practically on top of the driveway. I have been watching mama robin do her thing for about a week... every time I'd check on her, she'd be dutifully sitting on her nest. Then, a couple of days ago, I peeked, and she wasn't there. Sure enough, she had a nestful of hatchlings. Four, in all. I'm not much of a nature photographer, but this was a pretty easy get, and - bonus! - I didn't have to wake up before dawn to hike out into the middle of a swamp. Tricky business, still. Getting a clear line of sight into the nest without trimming the boxwood and not getting too close for mama's comfort was a challenge. Anyway, I ended up with one or two that I like: http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h5fc506ae#h5fc505cc I used the 60-250, and cropped pretty heavily... I think the image held up ok, considering... what do you think? Unfortunately, there might be a sad ending to this tale... yesterday, I didn't see mama in the nest except once in the morning. No little beaks or tufty heads peeking out of the nest all day, either. And nothing today. I fear the worst... that my snooping on them may have spooked mama, or tipped off a crow or other predator to a tasty lunch. :( A shame, since I was hoping that mama would stick around & give me some pointers on shoving younguns out of the nest... -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
