Collared Dove chicks

BigDaveHBigDaveH Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
edited March 20, 2007 in Wildlife
These chicks were recently fledged on top of my security light right outside my back door. The parents have retuned to the same site every year for the last 3 years, but this is the first time they have actually raised any young to completion. First year, something took the eggs, second year a cat took out the chicks, but this year *I* stood guard over the nest!
God save us from those who believe in you.

Canon 350D
Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Sigma 75-300mm DG Macro
Tamron 19-35mm
Canon 18-55mm (the crapper)
Canon BG-02 battery grip

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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Neat. Post more pics as they grow.
  • BigDaveHBigDaveH Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Dove chick #2
    About 2 weeks old....
    God save us from those who believe in you.

    Canon 350D
    Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
    Canon 50mm f/1.8
    Sigma 75-300mm DG Macro
    Tamron 19-35mm
    Canon 18-55mm (the crapper)
    Canon BG-02 battery grip
  • BigDaveHBigDaveH Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Dove chicks #3
    A week or two later (These things grew like weeds!)
    God save us from those who believe in you.

    Canon 350D
    Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
    Canon 50mm f/1.8
    Sigma 75-300mm DG Macro
    Tamron 19-35mm
    Canon 18-55mm (the crapper)
    Canon BG-02 battery grip
  • BigDaveHBigDaveH Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Final Doves (#4)
    Finally, they were just about ready to fly... And they did!

    But the parents have returned to the nest, and I believe are sitting on a second clutch of eggs, so watch this space!
    God save us from those who believe in you.

    Canon 350D
    Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
    Canon 50mm f/1.8
    Sigma 75-300mm DG Macro
    Tamron 19-35mm
    Canon 18-55mm (the crapper)
    Canon BG-02 battery grip
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2007
    Good set of shots. I merged them into one to make it easier for folks to view.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • BigDaveHBigDaveH Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited March 20, 2007
    Thanks for the merge Harry, makes a lot of sense!

    I was trying to find a way to add more than one shot to the first post, but it didn't seem possible to attach more than one image at a time. Is there a way of doing it?
    God save us from those who believe in you.

    Canon 350D
    Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM
    Canon 50mm f/1.8
    Sigma 75-300mm DG Macro
    Tamron 19-35mm
    Canon 18-55mm (the crapper)
    Canon BG-02 battery grip
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2007
    BigDaveH wrote:
    Thanks for the merge Harry, makes a lot of sense!

    I was trying to find a way to add more than one shot to the first post, but it didn't seem possible to attach more than one image at a time. Is there a way of doing it?

    You can only do one attachment to a post. The easiest way to do multiple images with attachments is to post the first pic and then reply to your own thread with the second image and then again with the next and so on.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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