Nice insitu captures!
I had a similar situation develop in my backyard - for days we heard the
drumming of woodpeckers, which we hear alot, but these were close to the
house. Eventually located the tree they were working on and was able to
watch them entering & exiting the hollow in the tree they created. A male &
female flicker were about to have a family & I thought I'd be able to give
my 600 a workout. Well a thing called spring came about and totally obscured
the tree in the area of the nest hole. No way to photograph them without
knocking down some trees.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Nielsen" <[email protected]>
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
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