On 18 May 2013, at 16:39, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote:
> Aren't they homely!? Just freakish, really. They give me the heeby-jeebies. When I was about 14 I had a paper round and in the early morning during springtime I used to see all over the floor dead baby birds which had been pushed or fallen out of their nests. I accidentally trod on one once and it completely freaked me out. B > > Thanks, Ann! > > :) > -c > > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> It's the ugly duckling! :-) >> The second one is my pref - nicely done - sharp, appealing, cute >> >> ann >> >> >> On 5/18/2013 10:53, Christine Nielsen wrote: >>> >>> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
