Preparing for flight

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited July 24, 2006 in Wildlife
I inadvertently posted this in the wrong section. So I will go ahead and post it here.

These chicks grow up a quickly. Less than a week ago, this little guy was waiting for food.
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A few days later, I captured this guy just about a day before it flew the coup. Is this a sparrow or mockingbird? I really don't know. I'm not a birder.

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Stephen
www.capture-the-pixel.com

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  • trogloditetroglodite Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Nice shots!

    (I think they are more along the lines of a sparrow. Plus if it was a mockingbird you would have about 3000 holes in the top of your head by the time you were done, vicious little polyglots! rolleyes1.gif)
    is now gone. i have no time for cliques and fan clubs.
  • LCDLCD Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Wonderful series.
    I like your sharp focus on the heads
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Excellent set. clap.gif
    Harry
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    troglodite wrote:
    Nice shots!

    (I think they are more along the lines of a sparrow. Plus if it was a mockingbird you would have about 3000 holes in the top of your head by the time you were done, vicious little polyglots! rolleyes1.gif)

    lol3.gif Oh for sure!!! Never go near a mocking bird's nest!!!! Nice set!!!! thumb.gif
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    troglodite wrote:
    Nice shots!

    (I think they are more along the lines of a sparrow. Plus if it was a mockingbird you would have about 3000 holes in the top of your head by the time you were done, vicious little polyglots! rolleyes1.gif)

    Are mockingbirds those birds that are always dive-bombing me? If so, I now know which ones they are. rolleyes1.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    LCD wrote:
    Wonderful series.
    I like your sharp focus on the heads

    I was so close, my poor af wouldn't focus. It just kept searching. I actually had to pull back. Still the exif data it was 40mm, so I about on top of them. I suppose it is time to invest in a macro lens. mwink.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Excellent set. clap.gif

    Thanks. Most of the shots of these just didn't turn out. Either there were leaves in the way, fbad focus, or not enough light. I got lucky with these two.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    saurora wrote:
    lol3.gif Oh for sure!!! Never go near a mocking bird's nest!!!! Nice set!!!! thumb.gif

    Thanks. I am starting to think that this is a sparrow or perhaps even a robin. ne_nau.gif

    I really don't shoot birds too often. In fact the only other good shot I have of a bird is a killdeer. This picture is about two years old and it is from a old point and shoot I had, but it still turned out.

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    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    That's a great one....eggs and all. thumb.gif
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited July 24, 2006
    the first little birds are a great sharp shot but they are ugly little cuss...rolleyes1.gif
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    That last one looks like me on a Sunday morning! lol3.gif

    Way to go. thumb.gif
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
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    Mom! Is that you!!! :cry Hey, it's possible.rolleyes1.gif

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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Yeah I saw your thread. I have a ton of killdeers around my area. Mine seem more well-fed. Yours is scrawny. rolleyes1.gifBut beautiful nonetheless. thumb.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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