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Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 10:47 AM
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Mouth_to_feed2.jpg

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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Looking_at_you.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Look_down.jpg
troglodite
Jul-24-2006, 10:55 AM
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! :rofl)
LCD
Jul-24-2006, 10:58 AM
Wonderful series.
I like your sharp focus on the heads
Harryb
Jul-24-2006, 11:36 AM
Excellent set. :clap
saurora
Jul-24-2006, 11:50 AM
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! :rofl)

:lol3 Oh for sure!!! Never go near a mocking bird's nest!!!! Nice set!!!! :thumb
Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 01:16 PM
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! :rofl)

Are mockingbirds those birds that are always dive-bombing me? If so, I now know which ones they are. :rofl
Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 01:17 PM
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. :wink
Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 01:18 PM
Excellent set. :clap

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.
Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 01:23 PM
:lol3 Oh for sure!!! Never go near a mocking bird's nest!!!! Nice set!!!! :thumb

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

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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Mother_protecting_eggs.jpg
saurora
Jul-24-2006, 01:56 PM
That's a great one....eggs and all. :thumb
allensphoto
Jul-24-2006, 02:02 PM
the first little birds are a great sharp shot but they are ugly little cuss...:rofl
Ric Grupe
Jul-24-2006, 02:15 PM
That last one looks like me on a Sunday morning! :lol3

Way to go. :thumb
Ric Grupe
Jul-24-2006, 02:33 PM
http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/83736810-L.jpg

Mom! Is that you!!! :cry Hey, it's possible.:rofl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Mother_protecting_eggs.jpg
Maestro
Jul-24-2006, 05:09 PM
Yeah I saw your thread. I have a ton of killdeers around my area. Mine seem more well-fed. Yours is scrawny. :roflBut beautiful nonetheless. :thumb